To Fail or Not to Fail - 5x10 or 10x5? The Energetic Demand of Your Workouts Doesn't Depend on Workloads, Alone

Image 1: PCr, ATP, whatever as long as there was energy left, Arnold kept pumping iron (pun intended ;-) "To fail or not to fail",...

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Step By Step Guide to Your Own Workout Routine - Part III: Understanding the Role of Workload, Density and Intensity

Image 1: Simply copying Arnold's routine would probably be a bad idea, but copying the way he played with workload and density to achiev...

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Taking a Week Off? Sudden 7-Day Exercise Cessation Perceived as a Strain by Highly Trained Athletes. Overtraining is the Culprit!

Did you ever decide to take a week off and felt like hell? Did you feel how the gym, a place of which, only two days before, you thought you...

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Putting Carbs to Good Use: Meta-Review Reports Ergogenic Effect of Carbohydrates in Endurance Athletes

One of the leitmotifs, many of my posts here at the SuppVersity share, is the idea that (almost) everything works for someone. From the feed...

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Bis + Tris on a Single Day: Study Argues in Favor of Antagonistic Training Regimens

Many of you, as well as many professional bodybuilders, do it: train antagonists (e.g. biceps vs. trips) in a single workout. A group of int...

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