In the pursuit to naturally increase T-levels, many have turned to testosterone boosters. Today we address their validity, while laying out what drug-free trainees can do to enhance this most mighty of physique altering hormones…
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Hormones & Physiology
Everybody’s familiar with testosterone, the grand daddy hormone most synonymous with both muscle and manhood. Today we provide a comprehensive overview, lifting the lid on just how the magic happens…
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Building the Perfect Beast – How Our Fast and Slow Twitch Muscle Fibers Determine Athletic Success…
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When is rest for the wicked but a necessity for gains? We let the science do the talking…
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Of the major neurotransmitters, acetylcholine just might be the most important from a muscle building standpoint. As a major neurotransmitter of the autonomic nervous system, acetylcholine helps to stimulate muscle growth by controlling the contraction of skeletal muscle.[5] If looking to build big, strong, metabolically-active muscles, acetylcholine production is a necessity. The first neurotransmitter to […]
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Picture yourself cranking out a heavy set of squats, your training partner counting down as rep number 20 of an ultra-brutal series approaches. The final rep has arrived and you can hardly bring it to completion. Lungs burning, breathless, and with fully-pumped quad muscles screaming for mercy, you are ready to rack the weight. However, […]
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In a startling feat of biological engineering, our body must involuntarily produce an array of chemicals to promote specific actions which stimulate cells to adapt. For example, the hormone testosterone is released in response to a biological demand for more muscle mass needed to overcome increasingly more intensive workloads. Cortisol, our ‘stress’ hormone, is one […]
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In the quest for the perfect physique, hormones often take center stage. Testosterone, estrogen, cortisol, insulin…they get all the glory while so many other naturally occurring chemicals take a back seat. Of those “other” chemicals, the neurotransmitters are a formidable class that often go unnoticed. The nervous system is mistakenly thought to be controlled by […]
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Mention the term ‘steroid hormone’ to most beginner bodybuilders and they may assume you are talking about the most coveted of this category of compounds, testosterone. While testosterone takes its rightful place at the top of the steroid hormone list for many high performance trainees, it is but one compound in one of four categories […]
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Our eating habits are dictated in part by the intricately-balanced process of hunger stimulation and inhibition which takes place within the brain. These same processes also help regulate our energy balance, which is the balance between calories in (food) and calories out (activity). Two hormones have been identified as having a profound influence on energy […]
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A new year has begun and now is the time to carve off that holiday excess. As fans of this site will know, building a beach or stage-worthy physique is largely dependent upon a balanced diet and an ability to adjust exercise to ensure fat is burned and muscle is spared. However, what many aspiring […]
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Question: “Will taking simple carbs after a workout negate the effect of growth hormone production from your workout and kill your gains?” Well, growth hormone is only released when blood glucose or blood insulin levels are low. Provided that you don’t consume carbohydrate during the workout, your growth hormone levels will not be negated; you’ll […]
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