Fasted Cardio & Beyond - Optimal 24h Fatty Oxidation: How It Works, Why It...
Photo of a typical disciple of the cult of the "fat burning zone".Day 3 of the SuppVersity Exercise Science Week and for some of you maybe about time to have breakfast... hold on, breakfast? But...
View ArticleAdelfo Cerame: Intermittent Carbohydrate Modulation as a Stepping Stone...
Adelfo's goal is to look like an anatomy chart. Now, I don't know about you, but I have seen dozens of anatomy charts that reveal less details of the human physiology than this side-shot which was...
View ArticleScience Round-Up Seconds: Cytokine Modulating Power Cakes, Endurance &...
Not sure if the "Power Cakes" in the Kerasioti study looked like these, but it would sure have been appropriate, after all the poor study participants had to cycle for 3h (in total) - makes you wonder...
View ArticleA Double Dose of HIIT vs. Aerobics. Hazelnuts, Mushrooms, Strawberries =...
Actually the first post in today's installment of On Short Notice is a direct continuation of the SuppVersity Exercise Science Week with an intriguing novel contribution to the never-ending steady...
View ArticleOvertraining Research: New Insights into Athlete Triad. Plus: Depression,...
Chronic overtraining is one of the main contributers to the occurrence of often likewise chronic injuries, which persist even, when you finally realized that your own ambition is about to ruin your...
View ArticleThe Glucose Repartioning Effects of Isoleucine: Falsely Underappreciated BCAA...
Still waiting for your abs to appear? Maybe you have the wrong "scientifically proven", "superior", or "modern", but unnatural ratio of BCAAs in your peri-workout nutrition - just kiddin' that alone...
View ArticleWith Beetroot Juice to the SuperBowl XLVIII: 490ml Beetroot Juice Will do the...
There are a couple of important confounding factors which will determine whether or not you or anyone else can benefit from nitrate supplementation. Sex is yet - as far as I know know - not one of...
View ArticleChronic Resistance Training Reduces the Anabolic Signaling in Response to...
This rodent obviously knows about the value of detraining as a means to restore the signaling protein response that gets blunted over weeks of continuous training (photo from livescience.com)Ah, some...
View ArticleTapering 101: What It Is, How It's Done and Why It Works. Plus: Why Tapering...
Tapering is a must for professional athletes before an event like the Olympic games. Many recreational trainees think of more as a necessary evil that should at least be able to replace the dreaded...
View ArticleScience Round-Up Seconds: The Latest Data on Periworkout Nutrition - Protein,...
Honestly, even if they had available back in the day, I am not sure if Arnold would have preferred a virtually carb-free whey protein isolate over his mixture of two cups of milk, 1/2 cup of dry,...
View ArticleFat From Serotonin. MS Despite Vitamin D. DHA & DPA Feel at Home in Your...
Yet another reason why calorie counting is not good for your sanity: The "average" sexual intercourse burns only 14 kcal more than watching TV. and significantly less than a fast paced walk on the...
View ArticleRed Meat and Cancer? Not if You Protect Yourself With Coffee. A Cup of Coffee...
Coffee-Chile-Cocoa Rubbed Sirloin, Creamed Kale (recipe) - The perfect way to eat your red meats? I just realized that the last SuppvVersity article on coffee is about three months old. In view of the...
View ArticleDon't Judge a Protein by Its Amino Acid Content: 17% Higher Protein Synthesis...
Take a look at the FRS of sedentary rats in figure 2, compare them to those who endured the 2h swimming torture and tell me "rest" was not important to build muscle (read more about resting and...
View ArticleGut Bacteria Modulation: Ramp Up Your Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production With...
You cannot handpick several billion lodgers in your intestine, but you can attract the right one by providing them with the foods they like. Contrary to the current probiotic hype, the key to gut and...
View ArticleForgotten Dieting Aids: Choline, Carnitine, Caffeine and the Anti-Weight-Loss...
I bet both Flex Wheeler (left) as well as Serge Nubret (right) still knew what choline is. Something you probably cannot say of many of today's gymrats.In view of the fact that the brief "Oldie but...
View ArticleLeucine Supplementation Exemplifies Potential Downsides of Non-Specific...
Adelfo's latest progress pics speak for themselves. Maybe that consoles you for the missing update!?Another Thursday and ... no post from your's truly Adelfo Cerame. In fact, Adelfo shot me an email...
View ArticleScience Round-Up Seconds: DHA, Algae Oil, Fish Protein, Insulin Sensitivity,...
It's somewhat ironic that Nurse's are one of the three high risk groups for breast cancer, because they work night shifts to help others. Who the other two groups are? Female military personnel and...
View ArticleFiber Up Your Foods, Omega-3 Preload For Female Fat Loss, 50+ Ways to Treat...
Inulin enriched foods are good for your gut, your waistline and your pancreas (anti-diabesity effect) and what's more inulin is also on the list of anti-constipation agents,100g that's this week's...
View ArticleBlood Flow Restriction, Where Are We? "Don't Hold Your Breath", the Valsalva...
I guess it is a cultural thing that there is apparently a lot more of persuading to be done in the US and Europe to familiarize trainees with (a) the idea of limiting the blood supply to their...
View ArticlePost-Workout Glycogen Repletion - The Role of Protein, Leucine, Phenylalanine...
Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete and one of those athletes whose performance during a meet will certainly depend on "optimal" glycogen repletion between the different sports.Within the past couple...
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