Proper circulation is essential for maintaining a healthy body and mind. Poor circulation can be caused by the narrowing of blood vessels, inactivity, obesity, anemia, high blood pressure, smoking, and/or heart disease. Symptoms can include lack of physical energy or mental focus, cold extremities such as your hands or feet, bulging veins, or …
As the cold and flu season comes around again, more and more people start becoming sick. During these colder months, people spend more time indoors together, which increases transmission rates, and colder temperatures and dryer conditions themselves make it ideal for viruses to invade and spread within the human body (1). In addition to …
One of the most trusted companies in sports nutrition just got better – and smarter. Former pro bodybuilder and renowned physique coach Milos Sarcev is teaming up with JYM Supplement Science as an advisor and is formulating an all-new intra-workout to fall under the JYM brand. Along with Pre JYM, Pre JYM X, Post …
Building muscle isn’t just a question of “working out” or “dialing in nutrition.” It’s about finding the perfect symbiosis between both components, to help them feed off of each other. On the physical side, a well-designed workout program will systematically stress the body, giving your muscles a message they have no choice but to …
Prior to becoming a researcher, I was just another diehard lifter strictly adhering to the deeply ingrained rules of bodybuilding. But over the years, the academic in me has grown to question even the most fundamental principles of training. For instance, let’s say someone tells you they want you to help them build muscle …
Nutritionists know that vitamin D—known as the “sunshine vitamin” because it can be made in the skin through exposure to sunlight—is involved in countless important processes in the body. But for most of our lives, this nutrient has been known popularly for a few things: aiding in the absorption of calcium to build strong …
This is not an article about intermittent fasting. It’s the opposite. It’s about intermittent eating—IE, for short. Specifically, it’s about how to eat to optimize recovery and maximize muscle growth. In fact, the need for intermittent feeding, meaning eating, is one of the reasons that intermittent fasting fails to produce sufficient muscle gains and …
When I first started training seriously in the late 90s and early 2000s, the post-workout window was gospel. We all knew that if you didn’t drink that recovery shake—with exactly a 1-4 protein-to-carbohydrate ratio—within 15 minutes of your workout, you were losing all the gains. OK, maybe not all of them, but most of …
Training frequency is a hot topic right now. Well, it’s always been a hot topic among gym rats comparing their lifting splits around the drinking fountain, but now it’s increasingly on the radar of researchers as well. In the past three years alone, there have been approximately 20 published studies investigating the effects of …
The idea that if you’re going to train hard, you have to recover hard has been around for a long time, but the concept of recovery—and what approach is best—has changed considerably over the years. When I first started training seriously 25 years ago, things were quite different. Back then, if you crushed yourself …
Back in the day, I used to throttle myself in the gym. Russian squat routines. Deadlift specialization programs. And, of course, my high school days, when I benched three times per week and maxed out every Friday. (Because you never know—you may have gotten stronger that week!) I’ve trained and pushed myself a lot …
Since 2013, Jim Stoppani, Ph.D., has been a familiar presence on Gym2k.com. His supplement line, JYM Supplement Science, quickly became one of the best-selling lines on the site, and remains so to this day. Likewise, his articles, videos, and programs have been among the site’s more popular, particularly the “Shortcut” series. These programs are …
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Children of all ages require healthy eating to meet their daily needs for proper growth and development. Protein is of particular importance because of the wide variety of roles it plays in the body. Protein is a critical component of several hormones and enzymes, and also plays an important role in recovery and repair …
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...]