What is CrossFit | CrossFit for Bodybuilders | Bodybuilding for CrossFitters | Best CrossFit Supplements | How to Prep for a Crossfit Competition In case you hadn’t noticed, CrossFit competitors are getting fitter, faster, and stronger. And I’m not just talking about the top-tier athletes. Boxes worldwide are packed with some of the strongest and most jacked lifters out there, and …
Best Proteins | Best Mass Gainers | Best Pre-Workouts | Best Creatine | Best Fat Burners | Best Multivitamins | Best Test Boosters | Best Weight-Loss Creatine has become a must for lifters and a wide range of other athletes to improve muscle gains, performance, and recovery. It’s one of the most researched supplements out there …
The new go-to ingredient in pre-workouts and performance supplements is something you’ve been eating—or maybe just pushing to the side of your plate and hoping your mom didn’t notice—for a long time. Nitrates, such as are found in beets, spinach, and other green and red vegetables, have been associated with cardiovascular and endurance benefits …
Best Proteins | Best Mass Gainers | Best Pre-Workouts For a certain type of lifter, there’s nothing like the feeling that comes along with taking a pre-workout and then hitting the gym. A good pre-workout supplement can turn an early morning slog into a fire training session, or an afternoon slump into an ultra-productive workout. …
Support Your Immune System | Immune-Boosting Supplements | Zinc Guide | Vitamin C Guide | Vitamin D Guide | Greens Supplements Guide Greens supplements are one of the fastest-growing supplement categories on the market. After all, who wouldn’t want a day’s worth of fruits and veggies in a scoop or two of powder? These supplements allow you to consume a concentrated version of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, but …
Protein Guide | Creatine Guide | Fat-Burner Guide | Pre-Workout Guide | Test Booster Guide Want results? It starts with exercising regularly and eating for your goals. But once you have a training style that you enjoy and can stick with, and the basics of nutrition in place, you’re ready to upgrade your workouts with …
Amino acid supplements are a common sight in gyms—particularly in weight rooms. You can spot them from across the gym, usually in the form of a brightly-colored liquid inside a gallon-sized water bottle. In many cases, they’re being carried around by someone who is easily identifiable as a “serious lifter.” But are amino acids …
Six months after having to make drastic life changes thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, many people are going a bit stir-crazy. Millions have transitioned from working at the office to working from home. Gyms have closed, reopened, and in some cases, closed again. Many of us are now on a first-name basis with our …
The results are in for Gym2k.com’s 2020 Supplement Awards! You, our customers, have spoken loud and clear regarding the best of the best sports-nutrition products of the year. In all, 21 categories were up for grabs, and many of them were hotly contested. We started the awards process with a lengthy list of products …
It’s tempting to look at the label on your supplements and think that the number listed there is exactly how much of the main ingredient your body will be able to use. Unfortunately, that’s not the case! Even in the best of circumstances, you’re never going to absorb or utilize 100 percent of a …
If you’ve hopped on the plant-based diet bandwagon and given up meat, dairy, and eggs, you’re probably feeling like you’ve finally got the healthy-eating thing figured out. Unfortunately, as good as you may feel while following a vegetarian or vegan diet, you won’t get enough of certain critical vitamins and minerals from eating plants …
If you care about looking great and performing at an elite level, chances are you already train like a machine and eat a precisely calibrated diet. You track your strength gains over time and watch your macronutrient intake, finetuning as you go. In other words, you pay close attention to your training and nutrition. …
Silicon Valley and Wall Street were among the first sectors to embrace nootropic supplements and smart ingredients. While their high-level executives were using nootropics to get ahead, it became obvious that the substances had many other uses, including enhanced physical performance. Our last article on Gym2k.com, “Double Duty: 6 Supplements That Aid Brain Function …
Any dietitian will tell you that eating a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables is one of the best things you can do for your health. But there’s a limit to how much kale and broccoli a person can chow down, and unless you’re a grocery store regular, keeping your fridge stocked with …
Is creatine an ergogenic substance or a modern-day nootropic? There’s often a fine line between the two. Some herbs and adaptogens that we learned to use for physical performance from traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine are more popular today for boosting brain function, while some of the synthetically derived chemicals that have become available …
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...]