Category: Diets



Essential Fatty Acids Are Vital for Muscle Growth
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Essential Fatty Acids Are Vital for Muscle Growth

You are selling your results short by not giving your body all the nutrients it needs. I am talking specifically about the nutrients that are “essential” to the body. Essential nutrients are nutrients that the body cannot make and therefore must be obtained through the diet. Concerning the macronutrients, there are two groups of essential [...]


The Great Evil-Supplements
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The Great Evil-Supplements

Lately, it seems like supplements are coming under attack from all sides. Just this morning, I listened to a video from an “expert” about ab training who made ridiculous comments about how dangerous thermogenics can be. Just after that I see the new consumer reports test on popular protein powders. Now, let me say I [...]


Muscle Building Supplements
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Muscle Building Supplements

If you’re like me, and obsessed with building muscle, you’ve probably taken each of these supplements. They are cost effective, and help you to train stronger, longer and to look better. But I want to ask you a question: How often do you consider your overall health? Sure, you eat right and train hard. You [...]


The Silent Supplement Staple
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The Silent Supplement Staple

Muscle & Strength recently reviewed the supplement habits of natural male bodybuilders and found whey protein and creatine to be the most popular. No shock there. Nearly every hardcore lifter on the planet uses these two supplement staples. But here’s where it gets interesting. Next in popularity were nitric oxide, a multivitamin, fish oil, BCAAs, [...]


Post Workout Energy Drink
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Post Workout Energy Drink

There occasionally comes a time in my hectic lifestyle of endurance sports coaching, training and racing where I stumble upon something that truly alters my performance and recovery in a significantly positive way. But for each of these instances, there are a thousand examples of products that just don’t seem to work, and waste time [...]


Help Gain Muscle 3 Supplements
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Help Gain Muscle 3 Supplements

1. Chromium Picolinate: This particular supplement is very difficult to obtain from a regular diet even if you include a wide variety of good foods. However, when you supplement with chromium picolinate you can easily increase the efficiency of insulin. Since you have receptor sites for insulin on both your muscle cells as well as [...]


Supplement Ingredient Quercetin the Real Deal
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Supplement Ingredient Quercetin the Real Deal

One of the hottest ingredients as of late in the supplement industry for increasing performance is that of quercetin, it’s being promoted to provide a more ‘natural’ form of energy and to promote recovery. The truth is that quercetin is an effective supplement for intense training regimens, but we’ll have to separate fact from fiction, [...]


Supplement Myths Busted 14 Popular
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Supplement Myths Busted 14 Popular

Separating truth from myth can often be difficult in the muscle building and fitness realm. Everyone has an opinion, and often these opinions are based on rumors, misinformation, or a 10 second blurb overhead on the nightly news or radio. Many supplement myths remain prevalent, despite the fact that these myths have been extensively studied [...]


For Fitness Important Is Supplementation
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For Fitness Important Is Supplementation

For many who prefer to maintain their weight and their health without the use of supplements, they need to consider that the Industrial Revolution has resulted in a sedentary lifestyle (decreased physical labor requirement) and refined/processed foods which has resulted in a decline in weight management. Our environment has changed faster than we can adapt, [...]


Summer Supplement Guide for 6 Pack
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Summer Supplement Guide for 6 Pack

Protein Powder Protein powder is the one supplement that should be in your supplement stack year round. There have been many studies proving protein powders positive effects on athletic performance, muscle strength, muscle growth, muscle maintenance and even fat loss. Performance: When performance increases you have the ability to workout harder. Harder workouts will build [...]


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