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A No-Nonsense Approach Here's how to get your T levels as high as possible without any outside assistance. Testosterone is the undisputed heavyweight champion hormone of male sexual function and physique optimization. It's closely linked with your body's feel-good hormone, dopamine, and your...

The Truth About Vitamin C, Naps, and Fatty Coffee Biohackers sometimes figure out great things. Other times, they create the equivalent of radioactive monsters that have to be killed, like these. Biohacking is currently getting a lot of attention because its ideas often sound new and exciting...

The Unspoken Plague of Big Guys Sleep apnea is common in fat guys but also bodybuilders and strength athletes. It can be deadly. Signs, symptoms, and treatment info here. If you’re a big guy, do you suffer from sleep apnea? Do you even know? I recently hammered out an article about why I...

The Body Composition Destroyer How does terrible sleep affect testosterone, cortisol, and muscle protein synthesis? It's even worse than you think. Luckily, it's fixable. Question: What's the best way to torture a person without causing them obvious physical harm? It's easy: deprive them of...

Poor Sleep Makes You Fat, Lowers Testosterone Who wants to gradually gain fat, lose muscle, and have no sex drive? Not us! Here's a common problem that causes all those things. Have you noticed that when you get a crappy night of sleep you tend to have cravings and eat more the next day? You're...

A Specific Strategy for Healing the Body A meta-study on the effects of carbohydrate quality and quantity on types of sleep reveals a tactic that every athlete needs to adopt. This is an article about better sleep, restorative sleep, and it has nothing to do with stuff any moron can figure out...

No-Diet Fat Loss Eat 4200 fewer calories every month without feeling hungry. Here's how according to science. There are two basic ways to lose body fat: Adopt a diet plan. This usually involves tracking calories or macros or at least trying to improve food choices. Make a non-diet lifestyle...

Bad Sleep, Creatine, and Cognitive Enhancement Have a bad night of sleep? Use this common supplement instead of caffeine to perform better mentally the next day. Thirty percent of people can't make decisions, can't concentrate, can't solve problems, and can't even cope with life's everyday...

Simple Things That Lead to Success What daily habit have you adopted that’s helped you to get healthier, build muscle or get leaner? The benefits of cold water immersion have been known for eons. But it wasn’t until the recent popularity of “The Iceman” Wim Hof that chilling out in freezing...

How to Finally Sleep Better No, we're not talking about common-sense stuff like the importance of a dark room. This goes way beyond that crap. Sleeping used to be one of my superpowers. I used to be able to nod off – sitting up, mind you – during the 15-minute, union-mandated breaks we all got...

How to Alleviate Stress-Induced Insomnia Stress leads to bad sleep. And bad sleep saps your willpower and leads to nighttime overeating. This sleep supplement can help. A new study found a link between two common problems: poor sleep and nighttime overeating. That common link? Stress. Luckily...

Help Yourself to Hypertrophy Don't overcomplicate muscle growth. It's actually simple. Practice these habits and get bigger. Is your main goal to build muscle? Then here’s what to do (and what not to do) to pack on the pounds. Every few years, there’s a resurgence in meal reduction diets. Their...

Sad or Tired? Creatine Seems to Help You know what it does for you in the gym. Now science is finding startling new uses for creatine monohydrate. The creatine pioneers among us who started tinkering around with the stuff 30 years ago never imagined that it would eventually reach the status of a...

United States Army Major David Nixon is a man of many talents and skills. He is also very passionate about the work he does and the difference he can make. One specific focus has stood out for him, though, sleep. He has been devoted to increasing awareness of its importance in general, and...

How to Alleviate Stress-Induced Insomnia Stress leads to bad sleep. And bad sleep saps your willpower and leads to nighttime overeating. This sleep supplement can help. A new study found a link between two common problems: poor sleep and nighttime overeating. That common link? Stress. Luckily...

If you’ve tried CBD before, you’re likely in one of two camps: those who notice a significant difference or those who feel no effect at all, wondering if it even works. Since CBD was legalized under the U.S. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the “Farm Bill”), it has become the...

If you are in serious need of some extra sleep, then there may be a way to have a better bed time. A major new study has turned the pillow on the idea that late night exercise keeps you awake, meaning you could get significantly more shut-eye by simply swapping around your workout sessions. The...

Sleep like a baby, perform like a beast. Here are four cool sleep strategies to get the job done. According to the statistics, you’re probably sleep deprived. And even mild sleep deprivation can decrease performance and recovery while increasing the risk of injury. In fact, athletes who sleep...

Poor Sleep Makes You Fat, Lowers Testosterone Who wants to gradually gain fat, lose muscle, and have no sex drive? Not us! Here's a common problem that causes all those things. Have you noticed that when you get a crappy night of sleep you tend to have cravings and eat more the next day? You're...

by TC Luoma A Specific Strategy for Healing the Body A meta-study on the effects of carbohydrate quality and quantity on types of sleep reveals a tactic that every athlete needs to adopt. This is an article about better sleep, restorative sleep, and it has nothing to do with stuff any moron can...