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Written by Robbie Durand
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
 Many people have
been talking about whey protein hydrosylates, but now there are casein protein
hydrosylates. Casein has a long-term effect in suppressing protein breakdown,
which your body needs to sustain for 6 to 8 hours during sleep without food. In
fact, a total release of Amino Acids in the bloodstream can last as long as 7
hours after ingestion of casein protein! Casein hydrosylate is a preparation
made from the milk protein casein, which is hydrolyzed to break it down into
its constituent Amino Acids.
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Written by Hany Rambod
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
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 You
said in your podcast with Robbie Durand that one of the ideas of doing the 7s
was to build more muscle fibers. I'm a kinesiology major and everything I have
been taught in physiology, anatomy, etc., says that as humans we are
genetically predisposed to a particular number of muscle fibers and we cannot
gain muscle fibers, we can only make the fibers we already have bigger. So what
did you mean exactly?
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Written by Dan Gwartney, M.D.
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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
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 Testosterone and anabolic steroids have an extremely jaded
history— replete with associations with sports doping, violent crime, and even
Nazism. For decades, no public disclosure of any benefit conferred by these
drugs was published in professional journals or the media. Instead, public
awareness of androgens (testosterone and anabolic steroids) has been colored by
laminated posters showing ‘side effects,’ and reports of individuals harmed by
anabolic steroid use.
These warnings, well-intentioned as they are, appear to have
been premature. In fact, some of the most concerning warnings are inaccurate;
some are overstated, while others may be outright false. This does not mean
that androgens are harmless and perfectly safe. It simply means that like
everything else in life, there is not an absolute answer.
Most college students learn that any test question asking if
something is always (or neve
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Written by Steve Blechman and Thomas Fahey, EdD
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 |
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 Ripped Fuel Boosts Energy Levels During Training
Many
bodybuilders take energy-boosting supplements (such as Red Bull and Ripped
Fuel) to increase training intensity and decrease the perception of effort
during exercise. Scientists don’t know much about the physiology of these
products, particularly during physical activity. Christine Haller and
colleagues from the University of California, San Francisco found that Ripped
Fuel, consumed 1 hour before exercise (stationary bike ride for 30 minutes at
75 percent of maximum capacity), decreased the perception of effort. The active
ingredients in the product include caffeine and synephrine. Diastolic blood
pressure (the lower blood pressure number) and blood sugar were higher after
exercise in people who took the supplement. None of the subjects experienced
any side effects and all reported that it made them feel better and more
energetic. The supplement had no affect on post-exercise heart rate, systolic blood
pressure or body temperature. Ripped Fuel appears to be a valuable supplement
that has minimal side effects. (British
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 65:833-840, 2008)
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Written by Steve Blechman and Thomas Fahey, EdD
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
 Muscle Strength Highest In The Afternoon
What is the best time of day to train? Most studies show that muscle
strength, power and endurance are greatest between about 4 p.m. and 7
p.m. Muscle temperatures are generally highest at this time, which
probably accounts for the difference. A study from Finland showed that
daily variations in strength and power cease to exist in people who
train in the morning. They examined 27 men who weight trained either in
the morning (7 a.m. to 9 a.m.) or in the afternoon (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.).
Initially, all subjects were stronger in the afternoon than in the
morning. But these differences disappeared in the morning training
group, but not in the evening training group. This study showed that
you should exercise in the morning if you have a morning competition,
because morning training will eliminate normal strength differences
between early and late times of the day. (Journal Sports Sciences,
published online June 12, 200
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Written by Dan Gwartney, MD
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
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 “Eureka!” is heard as scientists
uncover new discoveries, the cry accompanied by a cartoon light bulb appearing
overhead. If that cartoon scene holds a clue to fat loss, it may be the light
cast by the bulb. Insane, right? Surely fat loss is not as simple as upgrading
from 60 to 75 watts? Of course it isn’t, but there is a body of evidence
suggesting that fat loss may be related to light exposure, more specifically,
sun exposure.
Understanding the process involved is
at first complex, but with a little effort, it becomes clear. In fact, don’t be
surprised if you need to read this article two or three times to fully
understand it, as it deals with true cutting-edge science. The process likely
evolved eons ago, when man was just learning to walk upright and considered
fire to be a message from the gods. Before the advent of air-conditioning,
forced-air furnaces and grocery stores, mankind responded to the changes in
season just the way animals continue to do today.
The only measure of time available to
primitive man was the length of the day, with shorter days announcing the
coming of winter and a period of famine (starvation). As the days lengthened,
warmer weather approached and food became more readily available. Man responded
to the coming of winter by storing fat and burning fewer calories, while summer
required him to shed those excess pounds to hunt and gather without becoming
prey to carnivorous predators. The question arises: How did the sun signal
primitive man to store fat for the winter and shed fat in the summer?
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