Cheating for Success with Ultimate Fate »
Two researchers from the University of New South Wales had an intriguing article published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this year. They wanted to compare attitudes of the general population to those held by elite athletes by offering the same proposal that had been asked of the athletes over twenty years ago, [...]
The Busts Keep Coming: Operation Roid Runner »
The Bodybuilding, Sports Nutrition and Steroid community took another hit today as 10 people were arrested for various crimes including delivery of steroids, possession with intent to deliver steroids, possession with intent to deliver ecstasy, possession of drug paraphernalia, misbranding of Ketamine, criminal conspiracy, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal use of a [...]
Resistance sprinting improves acceleration in athletes »
Pretty straight forward, this one – get fifteen rugby players, split them in half feeling somewhat bad for the poor guy that has to get cut up the middle since it’s an odd number, and make one half do resistance sprints. For anyone unsure, resistance sprints are generally done with a sled tied behind the [...]
Pre-Exhaustion: Science says It doesn’t work »
A recent study that examined muscle activation during the bench press following the completion of dumbbell flyes found that when you bench press after doing flyes, the triceps show higher activation (i.e. were forced to work harder),not the pecs. Common “gym wisdom” is that you can do an isolation exercise prior to a compound movement [...]
ZMA supplementation during training produces zero gains in strength and muscle »
Before he became famous for his role in the largest sports doping scandal in the past decade, BALCO founder Victor Conte was a self-styled nutritionist who promoted a Zinc and Magnesium supplement he’d developed called “ZMA.” The athletes who endorsed it were mostly juiced-up with steroids, growth hormone, and other performance enhancing drugs. Still, even [...]
