Whether it’s supporting your immune and circulatory systems or acting as a critical compound in the production of new collagen peptides or neurohormones, vitabodybuilding.com/store/obvi.htmlmin C performs a singular role—it’s a giver. It donates an electron to a reaction or to a molecule in need. Technically speaking, vitamin C becomes oxidized and temporarily destabilized into …
In the hit film “Hustlers,” Jennifer Lopez plays a pole-dancing stripper in the 1980s who dazzles her big-spender audiences with a flashy display of aerial choreography. On YouTube, a behind-the-scenes video of the superstar actress-dancer mastering the pole tells a different tale, one of sore muscles and nasty bruises and practice, practice, practice. To …
Times are hard right now. Many of us are sequestered in our homes, and we all have a lot of questions about COVID-19 and what it means for us. Staying healthy is more important than ever, but sometimes it’s difficult to know what you should be doing when there’s so much information floating around—especially …
I have always been obsessed with training back and watching my back width and thickness grow. To me, a noticeable V-taper is a sign of strength and beauty. Nowadays, though, I am seeing beyond the aesthetic benefits. I recognize what it means to have a strong posterior chain—the effect on a person’s posture, confidence, …
Sleeping Beauty? If only. For many women—especially those who train hard—a nice, long slumber is increasingly hard to come by, and it’s messing up their lives. “Sleep is now considered the third pillar of health and wellness, to go along with nutrition and exercise,” says Bill Fish, a certified sleep science coach and co-founder …
When it comes to chest training, I use a “best of both worlds” approach, combining lower-rep, “mechanical tension” strength work with higher-rep, “metabolic-stress” bodybuilding-centric training to maximize growth. It’s actually much simpler than it sounds. To incorporate these two beneficial methods of building lean pectoral muscle tissue while maximizing fat loss, I spread my …
Like many women, I was drawn to strength sports (powerlifting, in my case) because success had nothing to do with appearance. A big deadlift doesn’t require sub 15 percent body fat, right? There’s no subjective winning or losing based on the shape of your body, or your conditioning. You either lift more than the …
Your diet tends to evolve along with the number of candles on your birthday cake. For example, in your hard-training teens and early 20s, you could probably eat at Taco Bell several times a week and still remain fairly lean. That changes during your 30s and 40s. After turning 50, many people start dropping …
Our bodies are built by proteins found in every area of the body, from the lining of cells to blood to muscle tissue. So, of course protein is a necessary component of a healthy pregnancy. But is protein powder safe during pregnancy? The idea of using supplementation during pregnancy is nothing new. In fact, …
Your workout partner ditched you again on heavy bench day. Now, you are not only missing your number-one hype man, but you don’t have a spotter. You also don’t feel like reluctantly trusting a gym rando to hand you a heavy barbell. But not benching isn’t an option—it’s your poverty lift of the big …
For regular lifters—and a whole lot of other people these days—protein is probably the most prioritized macronutrient. Gym rats were decades ahead of the curve on protein, and the reason why was never a secret: Protein forms essential components of muscle, as Dwayne Jackson, Ph.D., explains in the article “What Does Protein Actually Do …
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]