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What Teen Athletes Need To Know About Sports Supplements and Performance
Enhancing sports performance may not need rocket science, after all?
Navigating the Wild West of Sports Supplements
Sport and nutrition supplements are a massive, billion-dollar industry worldwide. It can be very tempting to believe some of the outrageous claims on the bottles and advertisements when looking for [...]
Should You Be Taking BCAAs?
BCAAs, or branched chain amino acids, are one of the most popular supplements in performance training. The term refers to three amino acids: leucine, isoleucine and valine. These three [...]
6 On-the-Go Protein-Packed Foods
Whether you're an athlete or just always on the go, you need energy to get through the day. And the best place to get that boost isn't from some...
What Are Amino Acids?
Amino acids. You’ve probably heard those words before, but do you really know what they mean? Where do they come from? What do they do? Why are they a common [...]
The One Thing You Need to Do to Build Muscle
We've all seen the 150-pound soaking wet trainee who seemingly kills himself in the gym day-in and day-out, but his efforts to gain muscle are not being...
What You Need to Know About Protein
What You Need to Know About Protein This article is the third installment of a 3-part series on the different macronutrients. To view part I which...
Leucine: Cutting Weight with the Alpha of the Aminos
Cutting weight is arguably the most important time to pay ever-so-close attention to an athlete's diet. Cut too much of the wrong nutrient and you may...
STUDY: High Protein Diet, Short Lifespan?
Research recently published in the journal Cell Metabolism suggests a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet may shorten life span. In the study, the researchers fed 858 mice 25 different diets with various ratios [...]
6 Supplements That Power Quality Workouts
To get an edge on their competition, some athletes unfortunately turn to performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). This is a fancy way of saying they use steroids, risking their health and [...]
