Exercise Science - True of False? Large Muscles First for Growth? Cooling Works Before & After Workouts? Senior Olympians Have Healthy Bones? Hypoxia + HIT = WIN?

I know it's difficult to resist guys, but first things first: Study confirms, you better train the large muscle groups of the upper body...

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Cardio First if You Want to Leave the Gym More "Anabolic" Than You Were When You Came in? Study Finds Higher Testosterone Levels & Identical Strength Performance

The "North American Wife Carrying Championship" is probably not what researchers are talking about when they talk about "conc...

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Jump Squats 80% Type-II Fiber Activity, Cold Thermogenesis Better Fasted, Tuned Swiss Ball Crunch, 5-HTP vs. Asthma, HIIT Before Strength & High vs. Low GI Meal Pre Workout

Image 1: Few of the things the average trainee does in places that call themselves "fitness studios" has little to do have will ac...

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Before, After or In-Between? Study Puts Another '?' Behind the Widely Accepted 'Cardio After Weights' Paradigm.

Image 1 (rippedfitness.com): As of late everyone picks on gals who believe they would get bulky, when they train with weights... I wonder, w...

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Cardio Before or After Weights? While Both are Suboptimal. Greater Reduction in Leptin With Cardio Before Strength Training Would Yet Suggest "Weights First!"

Image 1: Spinning before or after weights? While none will be "optimal" the leptin and cortisol responses in the study at hand wou...

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Order of Exercises Does not Matter if you Train Upper Body & Lower Body in One Session - Testosterone & Cortisol Response Identical

You will probably remember my post on the effect of leg training on biceps size !? Well, although it is necessary that you train your legs, ...

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Want Bigger Guns? Train Legs Before Arms!

It is quite obvious that an elevation of testosterone and growth hormone facilitates muscle gains by jacking up protein synthesis and amelio...

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Bench Press Before Triceps Extensions: Conventional Wisdom or Conventional Bullshit?

It is set in stone that you first do your bench presses and then finish up with some sort of triceps exercise. A group of scientists from Br...

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