Muscle Gain

Glutathione is often called the master antioxidant. In fact, according to the June ’11 Better Nutrition, it’s the most powerful antioxidant...

Heat shock proteins, also referred to as stress proteins, are found in all cells. Under normal conditions HSPs patrol the cells...

Most bodybuilders take creatine. It’s been shown to improve muscle energetics, enabling them to grind out more end-of-set growth reps, and...

The combination of insulin, testosterone and growth hormone is primarily responsible for the monstrous muscle size many pro bodybuilders display.

You rarely see an elite bodybuilding champion who’s also a vegetarian. There are, however, some notable exceptions. One is Andreas Cahling...

Simply put, pyruvate is formed during the metabolism, or digestion, of sugars and starches. It’s a key compound that jump-starts the...

The authors suggest that factors other than nutrition must explain the differences between hard and easy gainers. On the other hand,...

Need to recover more quickly? Then you’d better add proteases to your pillbox. Proteases such as bromelain, derived from pineapple, apparently...

One popular snack food can be a godsend for bodybuilders. I’m talking about nuts, which are calorie dense and loaded with...

If you change the distribution of your macronutrients to fewer carbs, you can radically change the look of your physique without...

Several studies have found that athletes who severely restrict carb intake suffer a loss of training intensity. On the other hand,...

Taking the protein before and after training blocked the response of both active and total testosterone to the exercise, much the...

It turned out that taking the carb supplement didn’t affect exercise performance, perhaps because the volume of training—five sets of squats—wasn’t...

The basic function of creatine is to donate a phosphate molecule that reconstitutes depleted stores of adenosine triphosphate in muscle.

A major reason that steroid-induced gains appear to evaporate when the drugs are stopped is that many athletes either lay off...