Supplements

Yep, here’s another acronym to add to the endless list: alpha-hydroxy-isocaproic acid, also known as DL-alpha-hydroxy-isocaproic acid, leucic acid, DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylvaleric acid...

Most bodybuilders know that cortisol is a stress hormone that can cause your body to devour its own muscle for energy....

Conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA, has gained force as an unsaturated fatty acid that encourages fat loss by decreasing the amount...

When you see the winning results of USAPL champion Mike Bridges and Stones of Strength champion Travis Ortmayer, you’re viewing the...

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

The rate of carnosine increase in muscle appears to differ among individuals, in this study varying from 2 to 69 percent....

New myostatin inhibitor could spell the end of the steroid era

Q: I’m looking for advice. I have stubborn belly fat—I’m 45—but am pretty tight everywhere else. I’ve competed naturally for years...

Taking in both kinds of milk proteins can help you optimize muscle growth.

Scientists led by the leading muscle physiologist, Darryn Willoughby, Ph.D., determined the effects of 28 days of heavy resistance exercise combined...

Another factor is how much arginine gets absorbed into the body. Taking large doses of oral arginine increases the activity of...

It appears that you need to load creatine for five days minimum to get maximum results. Other questions, however, remain unanswered.

Scientific evidence shows that tyrosine steps up the production of catecholamines when muscle fatigue begins to set in.

Plasma creatinine, but not creatinine clearance, increased in the supplement group, but there were no changes in serum creatine kinase activity...

Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, or HMB, is a downstream metabolite of the branched-chain amino acid leucine. Many studies have shown that leucine is by...