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Determinants of post-exercise glycogen synthesis during short-term recovery. Abstract <abstracttext>The pattern of muscle glycogen synthesis following glycogen-depleting exercise occurs in two phases. Initially, there is a period of rapid synthesis of muscle glycogen that does not require...

Muscle glycogen synthesis before and after exercise. ABSTRACT <abstracttext>The importance of carbohydrates as a fuel source during endurance exercise has been known for 60 years. With the advent of the muscle biopsy needle in the 1960s, it was determined that the major source of...

The REAL History Of Dbol One of the most enduring myths in the history of anabolic steroids is the belief that Dr. John Ziegler created Dianabol. The truth is that Ziegler had nothing to do with the invention of Dianabol. The real inventors were organic chemists working in a laboratory half...

THE MANY BENEFITS OF BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID SUPPLEMENTS BCAAs: The Many Benefits Of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Supplements Dieting down will get you shredded, but it might also shave some size from your biceps. BCAAs can help protect your muscles against the catabolic effects of dieting...

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Anabolic Steroids (AAS) Effects on Muscle By William Llewellyn Although testosterone has been isolated, synthesized, and actively experimented with for many decades now, there is still some debate today as to the exactly how we see steroid effects on muscle mass. At this point in time, the...

The Post-Workout Anabolic Window Science Proves It's Not As Narrow As Often Believed For many years, the concept of a “post-workout anabolic window of opportunity” has been taken as gospel by those in the bodybuilding community. Simply stated, the “anabolic window” hypothesis postulates that...

PROTEIN INTAKE - HOW MUCH CAN BE DIGESTED IN 1 SITTING Written by Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CSCS, FNSCA Protein Intake for Bodybuilders Is There a Limit to What Can Be Digested in One Sitting? A long-held belief in bodybuilding circles is that your body can only absorb a fairly small...

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) were once thought to just be a major amino acid found in muscle and thus we should consume them to build muscle. This overly simple thought process led many bodybuilders in the ‘80s and ‘90s to recommend their nutritional supplementation for muscle growth...

While injecting test increases protein synthesis by roughly 50 times, depending on dose and time, most bodybuilders forget that it will reduce collagen synthesis by more than 50% -- more like 80%, giving you the collagen synthesis rate of a senior citizen. Since collagen makes up tendons, bros...

cytomel, t3 and t4 THYROID HORMONEs The thyroid is a gland that wraps itself around the larynx just behind the trachea. It produces two active hormones known as triiodothyronine and thyroxine. Triiodothyronine and thyroxine are each composed of two amino acids of tyrosine and only differ by the...

Alpha-ketoglutarate promotes skeletal muscle hypertrophy and protein synthesis through Akt/mTOR signaling pathways.Cai X1, Zhu C1, Xu Y1, Jing Y1, Yuan Y1, Wang L1, Wang S1, Zhu X1, Gao P1, Zhang Y1, Jiang Q1,2, Shu G1,2. Author information Abstract<abstracttext>Skeletal muscle weight loss is...

MACRONUTRIENT COMPOSITION FOR OPTIMAL MUSCLE GROWTH 0 Rosie Chee Talks About Gaining Muscle Mass and The Macronutrients That Are Needed For Optimal Muscle Growth.INTRODUCTIONTo gain muscle mass one must be in a POSITIVE energy balance, with a recommendation of ~15% energy increase from...

Copper peptide GHK-Cu is a naturally occurring copper complex of a glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine peptide. Since it has three amino acids it is called tripeptide. The GHK-Cu tripeptide has strong affinity for copper(II) and was first isolated from human plasma. It can be found also in saliva and...

Ask The Nutrition Tactician: How Does Alcohol Affect Muscle Growth? By Paul Salter, MS, RD Last updated: Mar 17, 2016 QHOW DOES CONSUMING ALCOHOL POST-WORKOUT IMPACT MUSCLE GROWTH? Whether you're chasing an arm pump before a night on the town or squeezing in a quick workout before a...

FIRST, I HAVE NEVER DONE INSULIN. I FOUND THIS ARTICLE AT FG AND THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION FOR ANYONE COMPETING OR HAS A GOOD REASON TO DO SOMETHING SO RISKY, IMO. Either way I love reading about the things others do to gain muscle/lose fat. If I was 12-15 years younger and had a chance to...

Prostaglandin PGF2a Prostaglandins are part of a class of substances called eicosanoids. Eicosanoids are a group of substances derived from fatty acids and include prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes, all of which are formed from precursor fatty acids by the incorporation of...

Loss of muscle mass in old age and in certain diseases is associated with an impaired ability to express MGF. - The ability to produce MGF declines with age, and this is commensurate with the decline in circulating GH levels. - MGF has been shown to boost muscle mass by improving the ability...

DOMS, Inflammation, and Muscle Growth Why Your Muscles Get Sore: Exercise and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness by Matt Perryman If you've ever done any kind of hard activity, you've had sore muscles. It's inevitable, even to couch potatoes. If you exercise on any regular basis, it's guaranteed...

by Mike Arnold Over the last few years insulin sensitizers, and metformin in particular, have become quite popular among bodybuilders due to their many positive effects, one of which is the ability to combat growth hormone/exogenous insulin induced insulin resistance. While their physique and...