Out of Breath | Elevation Training by Carmen Grange The use of elevation training masks (ETM) has become more and more popular over the years since its birth to make various physiological adaptations to exercise. It is widely recognized that hypoxic training (training with limited air flow) will make certain improvements to the physiological […]
Deloading | Give Your Body a Break By Carmen Grange The benefits found in resistance training seem to be endless, but those benefits are stunted due to chronic training sans a deloading week. Often, detraining and deloading are used interchangeably to describe the cessation or reduction of exercise; however, the difference between the two […]
I think DBZ got it right. Every boxing gym: No pain no gain. Every weight lifting gym: pain is weakness leaving the body. Every gold’s gym: if you yell really loud you’ll get stronger. Every crossfit gym: It’s better to be a jack of all trades than an ace of spades. (IDK I made that […]
By Carl Jackson Broke and still want to grow? Have no fear! Budget Bodybuilding is possible and I’m going to show you how. I’ve been there, done that. My college years were lean. I learned a lot during this time. You might think it’s impossible to pack in calories and protein while being […]
By Carmen Grange How To Carb Backload – Carb Backloading We’ve all heard various bits of science about carbohydrates (carbs; CHO): should you have them at all, what time of the day, are all carbs created equal? The truth is, you can find actual science to back up just about anything. You may find one […]
Little Sleep Is Bad For Muscles It makes perfect sense that too little sleep is bad for muscles and you will have physical implications. Too little sleep leads to a decline in hormone levels and a decrease in muscle size and performance. Age really doesn’t matter, it affects you if you are young or old. […]
Bodybuilders who eat what is considered by medical professionals to be a high protein diet but increase their daily intake of protein to 3-4 g per kg bodyweight, will not become bigger or stronger. They do however, lose fat mass on a very high protein diet. These findings were released in a recent research study […]
What Is Ghrelin? Ghrelin is a neuropeptide (Nervous system signaling hormone) that plays a role in short term hunger and satiety. It is secreted by special cells(ghrelinergic) that line the GI tract. It has two central fucntions: 1) It controls appetite. 2) It also controls the rate of energy expenditure. The ghrelin/growth hormone secretagogue receptor […]
What Is Leptin? Leptin is derived from the Greek word leptos which means slender, frail, or weak. The hormone was discovered in 1990 in genetic testing on obese mice by Rudolph Leibel and Jeffrey Friedman. This was the first adipokine ever discovered (adipokines are hormones secreted by fat cells that influence appetite, fat storage and […]
Natural Myostatin Inhibitor In this day and age, one of the most talked about words in fitness is myostatin inhibitors. Myostatin is also called Growth Differentiation Factor 8(GDF-8). It is synthesized by muscle cells to inhibit myogenesis. Myogenesis is just a fancy term for muscle growth. While the average gym goer probably doesn’t care, […]
