How To Use Cluster Sets For Rapid Gains In Power And Strength

By | 2018-12-15T22:28:37+00:00 December 15th, 2018|Fitness, HEALTH SCIENCE, Sports, Training|

One of the most frustrating periods for a lifter is hitting a plateau.  You could be training diligently but suddenly you hit an invisible wall where the weights don’t budge anymore.  It’s during this time where lifters start seeking new training method or tools to blast out of this rut.  Fortunately there’s a solution, here’s [...]

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How To Monitor Your Recovery

By | 2018-11-27T15:50:32+00:00 November 27th, 2018|Fitness, HEALTH SCIENCE, Health Tips, Sports, Training|

I had originally had this article published on Juggernaut Training Systems a few years ago but I wanted to bring this back since the information is still relevant You’re working out like never before to prep for you next power lift/strongman/CrossFit/whatever event. Your program calls for you to operate at 85% of your 1RM today [...]

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Capsaicin: A Potential Performance Booster In Chili Peppers

By | 2018-11-17T21:38:31+00:00 November 17th, 2018|HEALTH SCIENCE, Nutrition, Sports|

Capsaicin is the active component in chili peppers, it’s what gives them that hot burning sensation you feel when you eat one or accidentally get some in your eyes.  People that enjoy spicy foods praise the flavor-enhancing effects that the heat from capsaicin can give a meal and in some cases, people have even described [...]

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Improve Your Sleep Hygiene to Improve Body Composition

By | 2018-03-06T14:45:33+00:00 March 6th, 2018|Health Diet, HEALTH SCIENCE, Health Tips|

Typically if someone is seeking to optimize their body composition they focus in on either their training routine or diet and try to adjust accordingly.  While this is a natural reaction and alterations to either of these items can get them on the right track, one item they can assess that might help them get [...]

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Bacopa the Ayurvedic smart drug

By | 2018-02-11T15:01:50+00:00 February 11th, 2018|HEALTH SCIENCE, nootropic, Nutrition|

Bacopa monnieri is an Indian aquatic her that has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries.  Bacopa has traditionally been used in Ayruveda for enhancing brain function and focus.  In recent years with the rising popularity of nootropics to enhance cognitive performance, bacopa has been included in many formulas.  Whereas with certain nootropic ingredients their [...]

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Use The RPE Scale to AutoRegulate Your Training for Optimal Performance

By | 2017-10-18T14:42:25+00:00 October 18th, 2017|Fitness, HEALTH SCIENCE, Health Tips|

Traditionally, the basis of strength training programs has been built around the One Rep Max (1RM). The 1RM provides a quantifiable number to prescribe %1RM loads to periodize a program in hopes of consistent gains. A flaw of this method is that our true 1RM number can fluctuate based on a host of variables over [...]

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Eat (Resistant) Starch and Lose Fat

By | 2017-09-13T18:41:58+00:00 September 13th, 2017|Health Diet, HEALTH SCIENCE, Health Tips, Nutrition, RECIPE|

Most gym goers have conceded to either reducing carbohydrate intake to select times of the day usually around workouts or limiting their total amount to very low levels in an effort to stay lean.  The thought that eating carbohydrates could actually help get you lean would seem preposterous to many people.  Resistant starch as the [...]

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Caffeine and Theanine A Synergistic Nootropic Starter Stack

By | 2017-09-05T15:23:47+00:00 September 5th, 2017|Health Diet, HEALTH SCIENCE, Nutrition|

Nootropics are supplements or smart drugs used with the intention of enhancing cognitive functioning usually by improving characteristics like focus, mood, memory or creativity.  One of the most famous cases of this is the use of the pharmaceutical drug Phenibut by Russian scientists for astronauts during the Soviet era space race, phenibut was utilized to [...]

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BHB a Potential Post-Training Recovery Aid?

By | 2017-08-30T16:13:57+00:00 August 30th, 2017|Fitness, HEALTH SCIENCE, Nutrition|

Exogenous ketone supplementation has gained popularity as a dietary aid and exercises performance enhancer.  The organic compound, beta hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is a key metabolite present during ketosis and is commonly found in ketone supplements.  Elevated serum levels of BHB have been associated with satiety and fatty acid oxidation which has made this a popular dietary [...]

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Beta-HydroxyButyrate (BHB) For Brain Protection

By | 2017-07-31T22:29:53+00:00 July 31st, 2017|Health Diet, HEALTH SCIENCE, Nutrition|

A study was recently published in the medical journal JAMA where it was found that 99% of deceased NFL players’ brains in the study had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).[1]  CTE is a neurodegenerative brain disease found in individuals exposed to repeated head trauma.  Many cases of this condition have arisen among individuals who play contact [...]

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