by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
Every once in a while you have to veer off the beaten path and perform tasks that rarely make their way into your regular routine. It’s not unheard of to double up on muscle groups within one training session such as shoulders and traps, chest and triceps or back and...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
One recent study investigated the effects of heavy resistance exercise with the oral daytime ingestion of melatonin. Some physiological responses such as growth hormone (GH) release were assessed. In this study, 10 healthy male subjects undertook a whole body workout...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
Bodybuilders know the importance of growth hormone (GH) for building muscle and shedding fat. While virtually every bodybuilder I know takes supplements, most don’t realize that some supplements can actually blunt the GH response to exercise. Melatonin...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
In the first part of this series on performance enhancing fats, I highlighted CLA: the body-shaping lipid. CLA is a type of polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) with very unique benefits. However, the research-based benefits of other PUFAs have been rolling out at an...
by Paul Delia | Questions & Answers
I'm a firm believer of exercising first thing in the morning, for a number of reasons. Over 90 percent of people who exercise consistently, do it in the morning. The odds of sticking to an exercise program are far better if you chose to exercise first thing in the...
by AST Sports Science | Articles
In my opinion, there aren’t many feelings you can experience as a bodybuilder that are better than walking out of the gym after an awesome workout! Striving for productive and efficient training sessions is usually our number one priority. After all, this is the...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Whether you are an ectomorph, endomorph or mesomorph, the physiology of building muscle is the same for all. Of course, the main difference between each body type is going to be the rate at which muscle growth occurs, but at it biological level, the muscle growth...
by Brad Loomis | Articles, Supplements
Unless you are brand new to the arena of bodybuilding, powerlifting, and the sports performance world you know the benefits of taking Creatine Monohydrate. Enter a search in Pub Med and you will find a plethora of evidence showing its effectiveness in everything from...
