The goal of anyone who engages in resistance training is to gain added muscle mass and strength. While losing excess body fat mandates a reduction in total calorie intake to the extent that you are consuming fewer calories than you burn through physical activity, to gain … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2020
The Truth About Bodybuilding Contest Preparation by Jerry Brainum 6/20
Anyone who has ever attended a seminar given by elite champion bodybuilders knows that they never reveal the truth about how they really prepared for a contest. They will instead go over the usual things, such as how they trained their chest or arms, what type of diet they … [Read more...]
Are Saunas and Training Compatible? by Jerry Brainum 6/20
Regular sauna bathing has been a staple of health routines in countries such as Finland for thousands of years. Two basic types of saunas exist. One is called Infrared sauna, in which the body is heated directly from infrared lamps that emit electromagnetic radiation. This … [Read more...]
SARMs and the Liver by Jerry Brainum 6/20
I've written about selective androgen receptor modulator drugs or SARMs in past issues of Applied Metabolics. SARMs are experimental drugs that have never been approved by any official health agency for human use, but are nonetheless freely available on the Internet. … [Read more...]