RECOVERY SECRET: BCAAs
April 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
BCAAs=Recovery
By John Parrillo
Since the 1980’s there has been mounting interest in branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) by sports nutrition scientists. For even longer than that, I have recommended that active people, from bodybuilders to endurance athletes to exercisers, supplement with BCAAs and amino acids in general. The BCAAs, leucine, valine, and isoleucine, are known to enhance energy, reduce muscle breakdown, increase brain function, reduce body fat, build up immune function, blunt muscle soreness, aid recovery and, of course, boost muscle growth.
The Cortisol Controversy
December 1, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Most of you know that testosterone is one of the principle hormones responsible for muscle growth and I’m sure you have also heard of cortisol. You might have some vague idea that cortisol is bad in so far as muscle growth; but do you know exactly what cortisol is or how to control it? This month, I thought I would explain what cortisol is and what we can do to favorably manipulate it.
