Bodybuilders and other fitness-minded folk are for the most part considered to be a healthy bunch. Well balanced nutrition, regular exercise, sound sleeping habits and a stress-free lifestyle designed to enhance health and athletic performance are hallmarks of those who have invested heavily in their personal health and wellbeing. A great many of these people […]
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Building and maintaining muscle mass while concurrently stripping body fat to reveal the separation and conditioning which defines the elite-level development of a bodybuilding champion is one of the hardest tasks any athlete will ever face. Based on this fact, it is not surprising how popular fat burning supplements have become. Whether used to increase […]
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One of several so called, “super-supplements”, to have hit shelves over recent decades is glutamine, the most abundant amino acid produced by our body, one that is found in almost all animal food products. A so-called conditionally essential amino acid (meaning the body can produce enough of it to support health under normal circumstances; for […]
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You have also likely heard of ‘HMB’ which is a derivative of leucine. In fact the above pathway requires that you have an enzyme that converts leucine to HMB to activate the mTOR signaling. In most young males this is not a limiting factor and your body does this quite efficiently after training. With age […]
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Leucine is the most important of the BCAAs. When it comes to signaling muscle building (protein synthesis), Leucine is King – it has been shown to increase protein synthesis by up to 145%! In terms of direct effect, it may be the single most important amino acid for hypertrophy. As stated, leucine is one of […]
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Whey protein has been used in one form or another for at least 300 years, yet it has taken until the 21st Century for it to come into its own as the superior natural sports performance supplement for hard-training athletes. From nursery rhyme characters to Mr. Olympia champions, whey protein has been employed by many […]
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In terms of exercise performance and recovery, few amino acids get the notable mention that BCAA’s do. While glutamine is the most abundant single amino acid in muscle tissue, BCAA’s are the most abundant type of amino acid in muscle tissue. BCAAs are proteinogenic amino acids (amino acids that are precursors to proteins) so they […]
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Bodybuilders, and indeed all athletes looking to secure the performance edge would have at least a passing knowledge of the wondrous benefits the super-supplement creatine has to offer. Known for boosting physical energy and muscle growth among bodybuilders and other strength athletes, creatine has also been shown to aid cellular functioning on many different levels. […]
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Omega-3s are one of the fats that actually have gotten a lot of good press. In this case it’s actually still not enough as recovery from the ages of demonizing fats in our diets. There are two main Omega-3 types: EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). The simple way to look at them is […]
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Not all fats are created equal. Put simply, there are good fats and bad fats: the so called unsaturated and saturated types, both of which can be further subdivided into superior and inferior forms. Among the bad fats we also have the trans-fats; unsaturated fats which are created artificially via the hydrogenation process (whereby hydrogen […]
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Bloated stomach? Endless flatulence? Wicked diarrhoea? Believe it or not, you don’t have to live with these symptoms. Ever wonder why it takes so long for the food that we eat to make its way through our stomach? As it turns out, one of the numerous reasons has to do with the importance of both […]
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For decades, medical experts and enthusiasts have been nay saying the use of fats. This approach is a result of the public overuse and abuse of all fats, and the medical field’s attempt to eliminate the problem rather than educate the masses. The honest truth is that most people don’t understand fats. In addition, most […]
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