Each +30 Min/d of Physical Activity Reduce HbA1c by 11%, Protein + CHO...
This is what the Jan '17 Science Update has to offer? -11% HbA1c reduction per 30 minutes activity, new benefits of blood flow restricted tr., the bone protective effect of immediate post-workout...
View ArticleNitrate from Beets Improves Glucose Response to 75g CHO - Antibacterial...
Honestly, for me it's not the improved glucose management, but rather the proof that you must not use antibacterial mouthwash that's the takeaway, here.What? Yes, the use of mouthwash can ruin all...
View Article26% Body Fat, Zero Lean Mass Loss W/ HIIT + 3x500mg Green Tea Supp in 10Wks |...
Lean, not skinny: In the long run HIIT + GTE could take you there, but there's one caveat... at least w/ the green tea.The social networks are full of women complaining that they are not losing fat. If...
View Article20% Calorie Deficit + BB Split + Whey = Strength ↑, Fat ↓ + Muscle ↕ |...
Whey protein can help you shed body fat while upping your PB on squats. If you're looking for the latest papers on building muscle, running faster, lifting more and getting jacked look no further,...
View ArticleNative Whey, a Superior Muscle Builder? Recently Observed Impressive...
Do you have to replace your whey protein concentrate with "native whey" product to avoid missing out on massive gains? The study to answer this question has not yet been, done, but the study at hand...
View ArticleCoffee Lengthens, While Caffeine Shortens Your Telomeres: An Essential...
If life "begins with coffee", will it also help you end later with coffee?If you follow the SuppVersity on Facebook, you will be aware that the majority of studies indicates that the chronic...
View ArticleTraining to Failure - Overtraining Prone & Useless? | Part 1/2 of a Research...
No deadlifts in Nóbrega's training to failure study and + there are other issues w/ the "one-legged leg extension, only"-design.Be honest, even though you may know that there's no convincing evidence...
View ArticlePyramid Training & Drop-Setting - Both Useless? | Part 2/2 of a Research...
Machines offer ideal conditions for drop-setting: Switching back and forth between weights is easy and fast.As I've pointed out in the first part of this article (published on Tuesday), people tend to...
View ArticleBench Press Study: The Higher the Weight, the Less of it Will be Lifted by...
Lighter weight = relatively larger contribution of the pecs ≠ greater gainsIn their latest paper in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, Henryk Król, and Artur Golas (2017) write about...
View ArticleGlucose or Caffeine? What to Snort to Boost Your Exercise Performance?...
Pre-workout drinks were yesterday, the modern athlete snorts his ergogenics.No, I didn't mean the headline to be figurative. A recent study in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and...
View ArticleBarbell Squats - Research Update: Bar Placement, ROM and Muscle Activation |...
Where on your traps you place the bar makes a huge difference in biomechanics.This is not the first article in which I try to shed the light of science on the effects of full vs. partial squats. The...
View ArticleExtra Protein = Only Marginal Extra-Gains, No Special Effect on Muscle...
No, the message of this article is not that protein shakes don't work. It is that your (hopefully) tasty 20g of serving of whey is not going to build slabs of extra muscle.You all know studies which...
View ArticleMore Evidence in Favor of the Post!-Workout Coffee: 250mg Caffeine 2x à Day...
Delicious, ergogenic and good for sore, damaged muscles: coffee!You will remember that caffeine can improve skeletal muscle glycogen resynthesis after workouts. The corresponding study by Pedersen et...
View ArticleBCAAs Mess W/ Vegan Glucose Management, Human Study Says - Do You Have to...
Are vegan athletes who supplement their low BCAA baseline diet with amino acid powders making an unhealthy mistake? At first sight a recent study from Poland suggests just that. Upon closer scrutiny,...
View ArticleLow Carb Diets and Physical Performance - Recent Studies Show Performance...
If the above are the ingredients you are using when you prepare your meals, your diet is almost certainly not a low carbohy-drate high fat, but a low carbohydrate high protein diet. Please mind the...
View ArticleTraining Volume, Intensity, and Your Libido - How Bad is It? Who Read the...
Both, the male and female libido are at risk by overtraining. So don't continue your daily 1h stairmaster sessions, ladies!You may have seen this study elsewhere on Facebook before... and I have to...
View ArticleMonthly 5-Day 'Fast' Supposedly Helps Healthy Humans to Keep Aging, Cancer,...
Even on the five fasting days per month your plate doesn't have to be completely empty. Real foods, however, weren't served in this trial.An international consortium of scientists has recently...
View Article'Training on Cycle': Hitting the Weights Frequently (5x/WK), Alone, Very...
The squat was not part of the training regimen in the study at hand - that's bad because it would certainly have made the workout more intense and might thus have affected the results.If you don't...
View ArticleRole of Muscle and CNS in Diet-Induced Decline of Exercise-Induced Energy...
While "calorie count" when it comes to losing body fat, the notion that you would always burn the same amount of energy with a given workout - irrespective of your energy intake - is completely bogus...
View ArticleWhere do Your Strength Gains Come From? Muscle Activity > Hypertrophy >...
Find out what's taking you from PR to PR, is it an increase in muscle size or activation on how important is how strong you already are?Have you ever asked yourselves why you've been adding 20lbs of...
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