by Matt Weik

We live in a world where people who use pre-workouts are focused only on one thing — stimulants. That’s right, they want to feel jacked up. They want to feel as if ants are crawling under their skin, that tingly sensation telling them their pre-workout product is working. If they don’t feel it, it’s not working—right? This mentality is what’s going to get people in a lot of trouble. Let me explain.
Read More »Stimulants and the Future of Pre-workout Drinks

by Josh Hodnik

Most of us can recall particular dreams and goals as a child. While the goal itself may have changed as we got older, the thought of doing something extraordinary still remained. The need to do something great seems almost instictual or embedded in some people. It takes a strong work ethic, drive, and commitment to be successful. Internal drive, and willingness to do what others wont do are great attributes to have, but when does the sacrifice become too much?
Read More »Jeopardizing Health in Pursuit of Bodybuilding Greatness

by Christian Duque

At just 26 years of age, IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Dallas “Big Country” McCarver accomplished a great deal in his very short life. Turning pro at just 21yrs of age, he managed to give 110% in his training, diet, and supplementation, landing two huge supplements contracts, a deal with Muscular Development Magazine, and countless endorsements. This phenomenal athlete seemed larger than life, appearing on a variety of bodybuilding shows, gracing the covers of magazines, and commanding a loyal, devoted following, the likes of which, very few bodybuilders ever experience.
Read More »The Passing of a Legend – Dallas McCarver, RIP

by Matt Weik

You’re in search of a new supplement to try… What do you do? Look for reviews on new products, right? What if I told you most of the reviews out there today are fake and paid for by supplement companies? One of the largest online supplement retailers is the worst offender, and they don’t seem to care. Their excuse is “everyone is doing it these days”. What kind of answer is that? I won’t throw out their name, but it’s not too hard to figure it out.
Read More »Beware of Fake Supplement Reviews!

by Anthony Roberts

Whether you’ve just started training, or you have a couple of decades under your belt, you’ve probably experienced joint pain. And although the cold of winter months can cause additional stiffness and add time to your warm-ups, the summer months can actually make joints hurt worse than they do in colder weather.
Read More »Joint Pain in the Summer? Here’s Why!

by Josh Hodnik

We were once programmed to believe that a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet was the key to a fitter society that would be less prone to disease. That didn’t help matters and the rate of obesity and disease climbed. The low carb/high protein diet would eventually replace the low-fat diet as the answer to obesity. With this diet it was acceptable to consume large amounts of dietary fats. It’s still believed that a person can become lean and healthy while consuming large amounts of protein and fats, while avoiding carbohydrates. The argument here is that our ancestors ate in this manner and didn’t have an obesity problem like we do today. It can easily be argued that our distant ancestors spent a lot of time and energy hunting and preparing food, and the calorie demand would be much higher than it would be for a person living today’s lifestyle.
Read More »Take Charge of Muscle Building and Fat Burning Hormones With Intermittent Fasting

by Matt Weik

I’d like to start off this article by mentioning I have no issues with people’s weight, their skin color, their sexual orientation, their hair color, eye color, how big their ears are, car they drive, house they live in… You get the point. I worry about ME. If someone is happy being overweight, good for them. Do I believe it’s unhealthy and would love to see them work towards bettering their life and health? Definitely. But to each his own.
Read More »Fat Shaming vs Public Acceptance?

by Josh Hodnik

I can’t imagine that there is any other substance found naturally in the human body that’s been more controversial than the hormone, testosterone. Even though it’s naturally produced in men, and in low amounts in women, its synthetic version is a Schedule III narcotic. To put how ridiculous this is into perspective, a comparison can be made to the female hormone estrogen. Like testosterone, estrogen is produced by both men and women. Estrogen is produced in much higher amounts in women. This hormone is what makes a woman a woman, and testosterone is what makes a man a man. High levels of estrogen in women have been reported to increase the risk of breast cancer.
Read More »The Testosterone Stigma

by Anthony Roberts

Read More »Anabolic Steroids and Liver Toxicity

Genuine advances in sports nutrition are rare, which is why the discovery back in the 90s that creatine supplementation really did improve anaerobic performance created such a stir. However, apart from caffeine use, there’s been no equivalent ‘magic bullet’ supplement for aerobic athletes. But according to Andrew Hamilton, new research on a naturally occurring compound called phosphatidylserine is proving very intriguing indeed
Read More »Phosphatidylserine and Athletic Performance