resistance exercise Should you do resistance exercise to failure? 4:00 AM 0 Doing resistance exercise to failure is normally recommended for those who want to maximize strength and muscle mass gains from the exercis...
resistance exercise Doing crossfit and looking like a bodybuilder? 4:00 AM 0 Top crossfit athletes like Annie Thorisdottir and Rich Froning Jr. (pictured below; photos from Crossfitthestables.com and List09.com) look...
my experience What is a good low carbohydrate diet? It is a low calorie one 4:00 AM 0 My interview with Jimmy Moore should be up on the day that this post becomes available. (I usually write my posts on weekends and schedule ...
research Strength training plus fasting regularly, and becoming diabetic!? No, it is just compensatory adaptation at work 4:00 AM 0 One common outcome of doing glycogen-depleting exercise (e.g., strength training, sprinting) in combination with intermittent fasting is an...
research Growth hormone, insulin resistance, body fat accumulation, and glycogen depletion: Making sense of a mysterious hormone replacement therapy outcome 8:07 AM 0 Hormone replacement therapies are prescribed in some cases, for medical reasons. They usually carry some risks. The risks come in part from ...
resistance exercise Niacin turbocharges the growth hormone response to anaerobic exercise: A delayed effect 4:17 PM 0 Niacin is also known as vitamin B3, or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads to pellagra. In large doses of 1 to...
resistance exercise Growth hormone secretion drops with age, but not exactly in the way you would expect 9:36 AM 0 Many people assume that growth hormone secretion drops with age in a somewhat linear fashion, as implied by this diagram . This assumption p...
resistance exercise Growth hormone may rise 300 percent with exercise: Acute increases also occur in cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline 2:23 PM 0 The figure below (click to enlarge) is from the outstanding book Physiology of sport and exercise , by Jack H. Wilmore, David L. Costill, an...
triglyceride Niacin and its effects on growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol, blood lipids, mental disorders, and fasting glucose levels 6:52 AM 0 Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B 3 , or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads...
research Growth hormone: The fountain of youth 5:52 PM 0 Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated with aging, and, m...