by Paul C. Henning, Ph.D. CSCS | Research
Dietary supplements are widely used to enhance performance and body composition during training programs. Utilizing supplements while recovering from musculoskeletal injury hasn’t really been investigated. Clinical experience shows that as soon as someone gets...
by Dana Bushell | Training
When someone asks you to make a muscle, they’re asking you to throw up a gunshot and show off your high peaking, thickly developed biceps. This muscle group has long been one of the main standards for gym superiority. The “arms” race has led many to curl away week...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
As a purely subjective sport, bodybuilding lends itself to a plethora of differing opinions. One may prefer a certain look or body type over another, or you may give preference to size versus shape and condition. Whatever the case may be, the athletes who are being...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Living the bodybuilding lifestyle is all-encompassing. You can’t out-train a poor diet and you can’t focus all your attention on ensuring the best food is always eaten yet you leave elements of your training on the table week after week. Some people will...
by Dana Bushell | Training
Building muscle is filled with intricacies that must be carried out consistently to achieve success. Often, when constructing a training and nutrition plan, and following through with it for a period, you start to wonder if you are taking the best route, and before...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Every once in a while a sudden feeling that completely overwhelms you and totally throws off your approach to training sets in without any warning at all. This usually occurs to those of us who have a significant amount of training time under our weight belts and...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
Two simple words, “leg day” are often met with a collective sigh of empathy towards those who make mention of this task. Widely revered by many as the hardest day in their training schedule, leg day often separates bodybuilders from those who train hard, but not as...
by Paul Delia | Articles, Research
Many athletes have been lead to believe that lactic acid is a vile, toxic waste product that should be avoided at all costs. However, it appears the opposite may be true. New research suggests that lactic acid is an important fuel source that powers intense exercise...
