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Significant Strength Gains With All-Out Single-Set Full Body Pre-Exhaustion...
Does it really make sense to pre-exhaust the pectoralis major on cable crosses before you bench to increase your strength and size gains?You will probably have heard about pre-exhaustion and the idea...
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Sex-Differences in Cravings After Std. Meals W/ Different Macro Composition -...
When it comes to carvings, women are more susceptible to the sugar coating of a doughnut vs. steak in a salt crust.When I saw the results of a recent study from the University of Tokushima Graduate...
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Update: The Latest on Caffeine, Exercise, Fat & Weight Loss - Increased...
We love coffee! There is not doubt about it 85% of the Americans consume coffee on a daily basis and it's not much different for the rest of the West (Mitchell. 2013).Caffeine is the #1 drug worldwide...
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Stevia - Natural Sweetener With Anti-Diabetes + Anti-Obesity Effects? A Brief...
Stevia is certainly one of the best choices to use as a sweetening agent. It is yet important to point out that this has nothing to do with the fact that it is "natural" - as "natural" as the white...
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Eurycoma Longifolia aka "Long Jack" a Natural Alternative to Testosterone...
As its Western name already implies "Long Jack" has traditionally been used as libido booster. As Tongkat Ali or E. Longifolia extract it is yet also an ingredient of "Testosterone Boosters", these...
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Green Tea Extracts, Athletes and a Preliminary Answer to the Question: "Are...
The supplement that was used in the study at hand was a commercially available product from Olimp Labs, a Polish producer of bodybuilding and fitness supplements. Before I even go into more detail, I...
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Myostatin Limits Muscle Hypertrophy in Young, Physically Active Resistance...
Who says, resistance training and high protein diets make you bulky? The study at hand suggest they don't because after a couple of weeks your body will pull the myostatin break | img (c)...
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Macro Ratios & Glucose Management: Eating Lower GI Carbs and Higher Protein...
Macronutrient ratios matters, but food quality does, too. And so do exercise, laziness, sleep, .... the list is endless, so can we be surprised that modulating GI and protein is not helping much?We all...
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Intensify Your Training, Increase Your Gains W/ Combined EMG + Regular...
Voluntary & NMES contractions for Monster Quads?You are always looking for new ways to improve your training outcome? Scientists from the Department of Physiotherapy at the University Cardenal...
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Performance Enhancing Gut Microbes - First Study to Show: Having (The Right?)...
Yogurt & Co are good for athletes. But is this due to the bacteria?As a regular here at the SuppVersity, you are well aware of the far-reaching effects of having the "right" or "wrong" bacteria in...
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True or False: You Can (Ab-)Use Nicotine Chewing Gums to Get Shredded Without...
Nicotine gums are made for smokers. Smokers are leaner than no-smokers. Chewing nicotine gums helps you lean out... broscience? Logic? Or bullshit?It's one of the better-known pieces of broscience:...
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Circadian Clock Normalization as Novel Mechanism Behind the Health Benefits...
Yes, you can buy alpha lipoic acid as bulk powder, but if you still have intact mucosa and want to keep it intact, I suggest you swallow pills.Alpha lipoic acid aka "ALA" is a natural AMPK agonist that...
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Is Intensity the Key to Minimize Exercise Induced Cravings? What About...
Next to intensity and duration, sex may be an issue, as well.On the one hand, you have Dr. Oz and other mainstream sources who say: "Exercise is the key to weight loss! You just make sure you burn an...
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Shorter Inter-Set Rest Periods Maximize Muscle Activation During Antagonist...
You don't have to push and pull at the same time - don't worry!You may have read Menno Henselmans', Brad J. Schoenfeld's review of the effects of inter-set rest periods on muscle and strength gains in...
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Insulin, A Major Nutritional Modulator of the Circadian Clock!? Would a High...
Food cues - and as it seems the insulin response - are important "Zeitgeber" for the circadian clock.As a SuppVersity reader you are well familiar with the notion that food not only nourishes the body...
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30 Minutes of Hydraulic Resistance Training for Max. Energy Expenditure: 30%...
The Surge Performance Training HRS equipment is fancy and the training obviously intense, but will it trigger the adaptations you are looking for?Before I even start discussing the results of a...
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Less Frequent Large(r) Meals & Caffeine - Proven Ways to Increase Your Energy...
Whether you want to lose or gain weight, never forget to "Eat to live!"To lose weight, you must create a negative energy balance.It is however unrealistic to expect your body not to do everything it...
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Should We Be Eating Our Carbs at Dinner? A Recent Study Seems to Suggest Just...
Time for carbs, or time for protein? Not really a useful question, as a closer analysis of a recent study shows.Members of the ISSN Facebook group may already have read my comments on a recent study...
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Gear for Your Ear! Fast & Slow Songs Can Both Speed You Up on the First 800m...
One of the runners in the study (original image from Bigliassi. 2014)Music-related interventions have been widely used in sports and exercise; and despite the fact that you've read about respective...
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Is Low Blood Sugar Obesogenic? Hypoglycemic Episodes Characteristic of Weight...
Tip: Restore your muscle and liver glycogen after workouts and before long fasts to ensure a smooth transition from glucose to fat utilization.In view of the diabetes pandemic it sounds stupid, when...
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