Spending a lot of time in the gym makes it necessary to have some very comfortable body building apparel such as t-shirts, tank tops, fleece shirts, workout pants and so on. The best material for workout clothing is cotton since there is a lot of sweating and moisture requires a good material to absorb it. [...]
Creatine has established itself as one of the most effective and popular supplements available for people wanting to build muscle and improve performance. However, there [...]
Ronnie Coleman yeah buddy, light weight baby part 2
If this doesn’t motivate you, what will?
Effect of an isotonic rehydration sports drink and exercise on urolithiasis in rats
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the role of physical exercise as well as the influence of hydration with an isotonic sports drink on renal function in male Wistar rats. Four groups were studied over a period of 42 [...]
Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Solution Outperforms Glucose-Based Solution for Treating Cholera
A study conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that a new pre-packaged rice-based oral rehydration solution (ORS) designed to treat children with cholera and life-threatening diarrheas outperformed similar glucose-based ORS, which is the standard treatment for the disease recommended [...]
This has got to be the biggest controversy in modern bodybuilding. Bodybuilders will say you’ve got to consume loads of protein to pack on quality muscle mass and increase strength. Nutrition ‘experts’ say that you must eat a high carbohydrate diet, particularly complex carbs, to improve strength and size, and say that a high protein [...]
Water is crucial for us to remain healthy and alive, but all too often it is taken for granted as to why it is so important and to what extent it helps us perform better in exercise. Water is the second most important element to life next to oxygen. The body can survive for weeks [...]
Everything You Wanted To Know About Blood Glucose, Insulin and Diabetes
Diabetes is afflicting an increasing percentage of the population as time goes by. Even athletes like Sir Steven Redgrave can get it. This article tries to explain the workings of the body’s blood glucose (BG) regulation system and what can go wrong with it.
How does [...]
Last month I discussed early morning CV and nutrition. Since then I have had several enquiries about correct post-workout nutrition. This is a controversial area with many theories bandied about. Many advocate carbs along with protein as a post-workout meal to prompt an insulin spike (in order to shunt more protein into muscle cells), but [...]
Pro-hormones are precursors of certain natural or synthetic anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). They are often referred to as ‘natural’ alternatives to AAS. Prohormones are converted into their target anabolic steroids in the body by enzymes and therefore carry many of same characteristics as the hormone they convert to. However, there is limit to how much [...]
What is bulking?
It is usual to define the bulking phase of a bodybuilder’s diet by what it is not; however it is simply ‘a systematic attempt to gain muscle’. If you want to add ‘and strength’ to that sentence then that’s fine, just remember you can get stronger without adding muscle, but you can’t add [...]
A very nice compilation of some scenes from ronnie’s DVD “The Cost of Redemption”
How can you not like this guy? Light weight baby!