Deep in the cave-like interior of your fridge you discover a sealed yogurt, forgotten long enough that you pretty much expect it to cry out, “human, take us to your leader!” A quick look at the best before date reveals it was two months ago. You wrinkle your nose and throw it away. You shouldn’t.
No matter if you are in high school or college sports or just joined the military or a fitness club, there is a chance that your coach, even if he has years of experience and is a professional, will train you in a way that is fundamentally wrong. Why do they do it?
Do smoking and working out go together? On paper, the stimulating effect of the nicotine in cigarettes should be beneficial to your workout and bodybuilding efforts. But in practice it is outweighed by the negative side effects.
Few supplements received as much attention lately as L-arginine, the naturally occurring amino acid, of which manufacturers claim it improves workout results through an increase in nitric oxide and growth hormone. A new study found that for anyone reasonably fit, it does just about nothing.
Why bodybuilders and powerlifters do similar things but with very different goals.