Study Quantifies Disadvantage of Doing Cardio & Weights on the Same Day: Your...
Weight training on separate days!?In "bottom lines" of SuppVersity articles you've repeatedly read that "in spite of the promising results of the study at hand, I would still suggest that you do your...
View ArticlePhosphatidic Acid Supplementation Fails to Augment the Benefits of Resistance...
Phosphatidic Acid Powder, Pills or Whatnot - Yet Another Supp You Do Not Need? Or “Possibly” and “Likely” Good for Individuals with a Minimum of 1 Year Gym Experience (3+ workouts/wk) ? The observation...
View ArticleFull Squat for Full Size Gains, Partial Squat for Full Strength Benefits -...
In most, but unfortunately not all studies, this would be a partial squat...The latest resistance training study from the Charles Sturt University comes to a somewhat expected suggestion in the...
View ArticleBlood Flow Restricted LISS, but not HIIT, Will Boost VO2Max (5%), as Well as...
I have to admit: Unless you're injured and in rehab or belong to any other group of athletes where high mechanical loading is contraindicated or impractical, BFR is not exactly something you "have" to...
View ArticleCupping for Pain, Health & Performance | Must Be Good, if Phelps Does it,...
The "cups" come in various forms and sizes... and no, there's no meta-analysis yet that can tell you what the optimal size and form for the treatment of a given disease / problem would be ;-)"If Phelps...
View ArticleDrop-Sets Build, Don't Destroy Older Muscle - 50-Y+ Agers Gain >200% More...
Should she drop the weight and add another set? Whether dropsets are superior to regular workouts is unfortu-nately a question the study at hand cannot answer. To learn more, you should read the...
View ArticleBright Light Exposure Improves Your Workouts Sign. (~8%)
Would be interesting to compare sunlight and artificial light in future studies.You will remember the circadian rhythm series in which I have previously discussed the relevance of light exposure as a...
View ArticleInspiratory Muscle Training, HIIT or RT for Your Kids? Cold Water Immersion &...
This is about as intense as it gets in PA sessions. What about HIIT and RT in schools?With the ahead-of-print publication of articles for one of the future issues of the Journal of Strength and...
View ArticleAll About Almonds: Effect of Processing on Energy, Macro-, Micro- &...
I guess you won't be surprised to hear about advantages of raw almonds, but what about the skin...?In view of the repeatedly resurfacing hype around almonds, I probably don't have to tell you that the...
View Article10g/d BCAA Sign. Affect Gut Tenants & Metabolites - Is This the Reason for...
One major problem with all the "gut microbiome"-research is that we're still having a hard time predicting the health outcomes of specific changes in the total and relative numbers of bacteria.I have...
View ArticleEating 75-100g Fat (M-/PUFA) in the AM Improves Glucose (7-8%), Insulin...
If we assume that the protein fried eggs with its comparatively low insulinogenicity is not a problem (unlike your whey, for example), avocado and eggs fried in olive oil is the perfect breakfast to...
View ArticleGuanidinoacetic Acid (GAA) 'Superior' to Creatine in Terms of Bioenergetic &...
Not so fast! Just because it may have shuttled more creatine into the muscle GAA does not have to be able to build more strength or size.It has been a while since the last creatine article was...
View ArticleHIIT Sheds 25% Intra-Bellyfat in 32 Workouts - Despite T2DM & W/Out Dieting!...
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) sheds significantly more belly fat over (-10% vs. 0%) and under (-25% vs. +10%) female abs than isocaloric medium intensity steady state exercise aka MICT.Losing...
View ArticleEating Your Largest Meal for Lunch, Instead of Dinner May Have Real World...
You better super-size that lunch box if you plan to enjoy the scientifically suggested health and body weight benefits of getting the lion's share of your energy intake at lunch, instead of dinner...
View ArticleSignificant Weight Gain W/ Whey vs. Casein?! Anabolism / Muscle-Protection or...
While being misinterpreted as an "anti-whey" study by one of you, the latest whey as your main protein source study from Brazil only adds to the evidence that there's something special about whey.One...
View ArticleTrue Alternate Day Fast Beats Classic Dieting: Max. Fat, Min. Muscle Loss, No...
This is exactly the way your plate will look during true alternate day fasting.This study is not just about alternate day fasting aka ADF. It is about "true alternate day fasting" - What is that? Well,...
View ArticleDouble Your Muscle, Maximize Your Endurance Gains: Train in the PM, not the...
Both, time and exercise order matter - at least when untrained subjects have trained for at least 12 weeks.The debate about whether you should (a) do cardio and weights together and (b) whether you...
View ArticleWhat's the Optimal HIIT Protocol for Trained Individuals? 48 x 10s or 8 x 60s...
Cycling and sprinting (running) are not your only options when doing HIIT. An intense plyometric or other body-weight based workouts can be done in an "80-95% for 10-60s" vs. "running on the spot for...
View ArticleIntermittent Fasting + Resistance Training: 1st 8-Wk Human Study to Provide...
You have heard me argue based on theoretical considerations before that "intermittent fasting" is probably best used during cuts, not during "bulks" - the results of the study at hand, even though they...
View ArticleTake Control of Your Cortisol Levels - Use These 5x Stress-Modulating Diet,...
Always remember: You want to control cortisol, not eradicate it if you want to melt away your belly fat, beat your personal bests and feel just great!As a SuppVersity reader, you belong to the chosen...
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