L-Carnitine
February 17, 2009
L-Carnitine
You may or may not have heard about the supplement L-Carnitine which is highly marketed as a weight loss supplement. I thought I’d take on a little investigation to see what I could find out about it.
Well let me tell you this article was not an easy one to research. There are a lot of conflicting studies and the most reputable agree that there is no clear evidence to show that L-Carnitine can help with weight loss.
What is L-Carnitine?
Well L-Carnitine is the biologically active form of the nonessential amino acid know as carnitine. Carnitine is made in the liver and kidneys to transport fatty acids into our muscle cells and provide us with energy. Read more…
Glucosamine Chondroitin Supplement
February 11, 2009
Glutamine Supplementation
Recently a good friend of mine injured his knee snowboarding and may have to decide on having surgery if he is faced with chronic pain. Knee pain tends to be a major problem with a lot of people training and during my education of Kinesiology I remember hearing a lot about a supplement by the name of Glucosamine Chondroitin. At that time research indicated that it helped joints by aiding the development of synovial fluid (the fluid that lubricates your joints to allow them to flex and extend freely). Let’s take a quick look at what Glucosamine and Chondroitin are…
Glucosamine Chondroitin Overview
Glucosamine is a naturally occurring substance that plays a major role in the body in the construction of cartilage. Cartilage is the connective tissue that cushion joints and glucosamine sulphate allows for its development and repair. Read more…
Fubar Train Insane Product Review
February 9, 2009
Fubar Train Insane Product Review
Many of you have asked me to start doing more detailed product reviews so I thought I’d start giving it a shot. The first product I’m going to review is developed by a Canadian company that is making waves around the globe with the high quality of their training supplements.
The company is called Fusion BodyBuilding and the product is called Fubar (you may remember hearing about Fusion Bodybuilding in my recommendation of their Creatine product – Purple K). Before going any further I’d like to mention that although they are a bodybuilding supplement company the benefits of their products actually go quite hand in hand for anyone, men or women looking to boost their workouts. So what exactly is inside Fubar’s orange capsules? Let’s take a look. Read more…
Hugh Jackman Workout
February 3, 2009
Hugh Jackman Workout Plan
Star of X-Men and Australia, Hugh Jackman has built a body like a brick and his next superhero movie “Wolverine” is going to show him at his best physique. So what is this Aussie doing that has his training program so highly requested by other celebrities?
Hugh’s workouts consisted of a multi-phase approach.
1st phase was focused on building mass by changing the speed of each lift, 3 sec count up and then a 1 sec count down or really slow 4 sec count up and 4 count down.
2nd phase focused on strength by lifting really heavy weights, without the sec count.
Each phase lasted from six to twelve weeks, for 1-2hrs, 5 days a week.
When it is close to shooting time, he Read more…
