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Whole Body Conditioning, Muscle Strength and Size with Zercher Farmers Walks

Whole Body Conditioning, Muscle Strength and Size with Zercher Farmers Walks   If you want to add some size, strength and a bit of conditioning too in little time, I have a “treat” for you. This will also activate your … Continue reading

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Heretics in the High Country: Muscle Growth (Hypertrophy) Research from Dr. Lonnie Lowery

Heretics in the High Country: Muscle Growth (Hypertrophy) Research from Dr. Lonnie Lowery Dr Lonnie Lowery and Me One of the great things I love about my job is that I get to talk to really smart people.  One of … Continue reading

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Busting Broscience: Does Increasing Testosterone and Anabolic Hormones with Exercise Equal More muscle and Strength?

Busting Broscience: Does Increasing Testosterone and Anabolic Hormones with Exercise Equal More muscle and Strength? Anabolic Hormones = More Muscle (Hypertrophy), Right? You hear this in gyms everywhere, “Dude, to get huge you need to get your test levels up … Continue reading

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Performance Research for May: Muscle Hypertrophy and Exericse part 1

Muscle Hypertrophy (bigger muscles!) Below is a great brand new review of what makes a muscle bigger! Sweet! Here are some take aways to keep in mind. In general, muscle types can be broadly defined as Type I or Type … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts Friday: NSCA Clinic, More Muscle and Rock Stars

Coming at ya with another Random Friday since all the cool people are doing! Actually it is a good way to get out some thoughts running around in my head that I am not sure what to do with or … Continue reading

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Performance Research for February: Protein Synthesis Round 2

Even more data for all you on how to stay “functional” and add muscle. Off to the U of MN for some early morning testing on subject in my Energy Drink study. Aging, exercise and muscle protein metabolism. Koopman R, … Continue reading

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Protein Supplement in Elderly Men and Muscle Hypertrophy

Hold on to your shorts, as tons o-studies headed your way soon. I was able to cut out some time and blast through a bunch, so you have been warned! As always, any and all comments are welcome! Protein supplementation … Continue reading

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Performance Research for January: Protein Synthesis (aka Build Muscle)

I am behind on some cool research, so I have jammed a bunch into one long post. Be sure to look towards the end for a new study on protein and carb timing while in a FED state (translation-more applicable … Continue reading

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Morphological Hypertrophic Muscle Adaptations (aka “I Wanna Get Hyoooge!!”)

Morphological Hypertrophic Muscle Adaptations (aka, Mechanisms Behind “I Wanna Get Hyoooge!!”) Pop your head into just about any gym in America, and observe the male population (especially the younger ones) train. While the training methods are interesting in themselves, the … Continue reading

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Research Review–HMB, A New Review Published

Up now is a great review of the sports supplement HMB. I met Jacob briefly at ACSM and he hinted at some new data on HMB and it is released now. You may remember HMB as being popular about 10 … Continue reading

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