by Dana Bushell | Articles
Bodybuilders and athletes alike are always looking for an advantage. It’s a part of the competitive nature necessary to achieve greatness and something every champion intelligently employs. While there is no quick substitute for hard work and dedication, taking...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
Anabolic hormonal responses are integral in the regulation of tissue growth and energy substrate metabolism and therefore are thought to play an important role in building muscle as a response to high-intensity resistance exercise.[1] Plasma concentrations of...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Progress comes in many forms, and the success that people experience in this crazy world of self-improvement and fitness is all relative. What I would consider gains doesn’t necessarily equate with what you do and vice versa and guess what, there’s nothing wrong with...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
Your nutritional status affects your anabolic hormonal profile, but surprisingly, there is not a lot of research in this area of nutritional science. I’ve had to dig deep and draw on some diverse literature, but if you’ve read my previous research...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Hitting the gym day in and day out is all about achieving goals. If you aren’t trying to improve something about your body then what’s the point of going to the gym in the first place. As you get more experienced with your training, you come to realize that...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
The ultimate goal for any hard training athlete is to find a weight training program that produces significant and consistent gains in lean muscle mass, strength and an increase in fat loss. A program that fails to deliver results shouldn’t take too long to send...
by Jeff Willet | Articles, Training
A Perfect Workout Starts With a Perfect Warm-up Every aspect of Max-OT training works synergistically, making it the most effective training approach for building maximum muscle. To get the greatest results, it is important that you understand and execute all the...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
We push ourselves every day to be bigger, stronger and faster. We push past our limits in our attempt to build the physique we’ve always dreamed of having. We push so hard sometimes that our bodies decide to fight back, and that fight comes in the form of an injury....
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Clean Bulk, Dirty Bulk or a Hybrid of Both Large amounts of nutrient-rich foods strategically eaten throughout the day are what it takes to grow. Clean sources of carbohydrates such as yams, oatmeal, and rice coupled with the leanest cuts of poultry, red meats, and...
