The idea that protein powders should be consumed prior to weight training has been around for a while, and is very popular among bodybuilder...
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Showing posts with label strength training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strength training. Show all posts
Book review: Biology for Bodybuilders
The photos below show Doug Miller and his wife, Stephanie Miller. Doug is one of the most successful natural bodybuilders in the U.S.A. toda...
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Finding your sweet spot for muscle gain with HCE
exercise injuries,
HCE,
muscle gain,
resistance exercise,
statistics,
strength training,
supercompensation,
warppls
In order to achieve muscle gain, one has to repeatedly hit the “supercompensation” window, which is a fleeting period of time occurring at s...
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Strength training: A note about Scooby and comments by Anon
Let me start this post with a note about Scooby , who is a massive bodybuilder who has a great website with tips on how to exercise at home...
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Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45
The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities...
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Your mind as an anabolic steroid
The figure below, taken from Wilmore et al. (2007), is based on a classic 1972 study conducted by Ariel and Saville . The study demonstrated...
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If your NEAT is low, maybe you should chill
I wrote most of this post a while ago, and then forgot about it. The recent blogosphere storm of comments regarding cold-induced thermogene...
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Amino acids in skeletal muscle: Are protein supplements as good as advertised?
When protein-rich foods, like meat, are ingested they are first broken down into peptides through digestion. As digestion continues, peptide...
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Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time: Various issues and two key requirements
In my previous post ( ), I mentioned that the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time seems impossible to most people because...
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How to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time? Strength training plus a mild caloric deficit
body fat,
endurance exercise,
fat loss,
muscle gain,
research,
resistance exercise,
strength training
Ballor et al. (1996) conducted a classic and interesting study on body composition changes induced by aerobic and strength training. This st...
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Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45
This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below.
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The theory of supercompensation: Strength training frequency and muscle gain
compensatory adaptation,
ectomorph,
endomorph,
mesomorph,
muscle gain,
resistance exercise,
strength training,
supercompensation
Moderate strength training has a number of health benefits, and is viewed by many as an important component of a natural lifestyle that appr...
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Do you lose muscle if you lift weights after a 24-hour fast? Probably not if you do that regularly
body fat,
compensatory adaptation,
gluconeogenesis,
glucose,
glycogen depletion,
intermittent fasting,
ketones,
ketosis,
muscle gain,
muscle loss,
research,
resistance exercise,
strength training
Compensatory adaptation (CA) is an idea that is useful in the understanding of how the body reacts to inputs like dietary intake of macronu...
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HCE user experience: The anabolic range may be better measured in seconds than repetitions
It is not uncommon for those who do weight training to see no gains over long periods of time for certain weight training exercises (e.g., o...
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