Timed Nutrients: Just as Important as What You Eat
February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
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To maximize your efforts in the gym, not only you need watch what you eat but knowing when to eat is just as important.
Why is Nutrition Timing Important
During your recovery, your body repairs injured tissue, restores depleted fuels and build new tissues as part of the adaptive process. During this recovery, your body [...]
Maximize Your Protein Synthesis with Mid-Workout Shake
February 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
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Almost every gym go-ers know that protein supplements are necessities if you want to gain lean muscle mass, especially after intense lifting sessions. Protein supplements decrease protein breakdown and increases protein synthesis.
Research & Findings
Dutch researchers, led by Milou Beelen, used isotope tracers to measure the rates of protein synthesis and breakdown. The researchers [...]
Olive Oil: The Super Oil
February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
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Scientist are still not sure why Mediterranean diet makes people live longer, reduce risk of heart disease and some types of cancer and even reduce blood vessel inflammation.
Olive Oil Makes You Younger & Healthier
But, Peter Jones and his colleagues from McGill University in Canada, thinks the reason why Mediterranean diet is so healthy [...]
Intense Exercise Promotes Fat Loss Best
February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
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One of the most frequent questions asked is what is the best way to lose fat?
Study
A University of Virginia study found that both men and women who exercised intensely for 4 months lost more body fat compared to those who exercised moderate intensity.
Both men and women were put through same exercise and [...]
Heavy Bench Press May Lead to Ruptured Biceps
February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
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Nothing makes your “balls” bigger than showing off how much you can bench press to your fellow gym members, walking around the gym with your chest pushed out and your arms spread out to the side.
However, over working this exercise can rupture your long head of the biceps. This injury can be easily [...]
