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While pre-workouts may be the best thing to get you amped up for a training session, your best bet for offsetting muscle soreness doesn’t lie in the supplement aisle — but in your kitchen pantry. While it’s not particularly news that baking soda can help stop muscle soreness in its tracks — many...

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200425/Newly-identified-protein-sensor-regulates-rate-of-sugarfat-conversion-pathway.aspx Scientists in Texas and Pennsylvania have identified a protein sensor that restricts how much sugar and fat our cells convert into energy during periods of starvation...

Iryna Imago / Shutterstock Low-calorie sweeteners have long been controversial for those trying to eat healthy and lose weight because, much like with eggs or coffee, studies have seen conflicting results. But new research published in Cell Metabolism offers some solid evidence that they won’t...

FetViewRoom / Shutterstock Yoga is no longer just that thing stay-at-home moms do while they wait for their child’s school day to end. The ancient Indian exercise has been found to have a number of benefits for everyone, bodybuilders included, ranging from better mental health to an improved...

Rocksweeper We all know that one gym rat who can spend countless hours working out. While it’s great that people are concerned about their well-being, there’s no denying that some people are addicted to exercise—and that's a bad thing. There are piles of evidence showing the ways overtraining...

Evan Lorne There are tons of diets to choose from these days—keto, paleo, intermittent fasting, sirt food, vegan, and the list goes on and on. The problem with most is that they either don’t work, or they’re hard to maintain in the long run unless you have some sort of professional help...

Jacob Lund If you’re chasing an upper-chest pump thinking it’s going to impress your lady or gym crush, think again. A study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science found that men tend to stare at the upper-chest of other men longer than women do. In other words, your bro is more likely...

SVETOV DMITRII / Shutterstock Vaping could cause all your gains to go up in smoke, a recent study has found. U.S. Army soldiers who regularly vaped had a lower level of fitness than those who abstained from smoking the popular electronic cigarettes, according to a study in the American Journal...

milanzeremski via Shutterstock We’ve written plenty about the bench press, and thought we were giving you some pretty sound advice for building up your pecs: back firmly on the bench and feet flat on the ground. But perhaps we, and most other weightlifting coaches, have it all wrong. A study...

Ihor Bulyhin / Shutterstock Read any list of bodybuilding tips, and you're bound to encounter references to the "mind-muscle connection" as a key aspect of training for size and shreds. But a recent analysis of studies published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living suggests that it may not...

https://www.outsideonline.com/2400977/why-your-friends-workout-not-for-you Why Your Friend’s Gym Routine Might Not Work for You A study that assigns different workout plans to each leg shows just how much (or little) the details matter Alex Hutchinson It’s always tempting to base your...

RapidEye / Getty Whether it’s chest, back, or leg day, you’re also unknowingly bulking up your brain power. According to a new study done on mice, a short burst of exercise leads to improved learning. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University discovered that running the human...