by Dana Bushell | Training
There once was a time when being concerned with one’s chest measurements was a single gendered issue. Fast forward to today, and men all around the world are taking out their measuring tapes to size up the circumference of their own chests hoping for the slightest of...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
Everyone is busy. Everyone has responsibilities to live up to and places to be for pre-determined lengths of time. For many, this leaves working out as the final check mark for the day on a list of many things to accomplish. Unfortunately, though, that final check...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
Muscle glycogen is the athlete’s storage form of carbohydrate and the primary fuel that powers intense exercise.[1] A number of studies have demonstrated that intense resistance training can significantly decrease muscle glycogen stores, much more severely than...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
The branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are a select group of essential amino acids; leucine, isoleucine, and valine. Your body cannot synthesize them; they are essential and must be provided through your diet in abundance. In recent years the BCAAs have received an...
by Paul Delia | Research, Supplements
I’ve previously documented the benefits of strategic carbohydrate consumption for muscle growth and athletic performance. Now a recent study has demonstrated a direct association between optimal muscle glycogen stores and enhanced performance during intense exercise....
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
Angle manipulation for increasing the effectiveness of an exercise or for starting a new training stimulus for new growth is an extremely effective method for building muscle. The most important aspect of deciding whether you have to manipulate the angle at which you...
by AST Sports Science | Research
Though you wouldn’t know it by going to your local gym, a study out of Australia has shown that a daily 5-gram dose of creatine monohydrate improves brain function. Yes, brain function! We are all aware of the physical performance-enhancing effects from creatine...
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...
