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De-Stress, Control Cortisol, Sleep Better One supplement helps you reduce stress and control excess cortisol, making it easier to sleep, lose fat, and build muscle. Most people wanting to reduce stress are worried about cortisol. But remember, cortisol is essential to life. By raising blood...

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...

by Christian Thibaudeau The Workout Stress Test Burnout is real and it's holding you back. Here's how to identify it, prevent it, and cure it. A must-read for hardcore lifters and athletes. We’ve all been there at least once. Training is going well. You’re making gains and can’t wait to get...

College athletes are a competitive breed who aim for success in both the classroom and on the field, but a recent study suggests that not eating enough calories could lead to failure in both of these areas. That seems fairly obvious, but less clear is why growing boys and girls would restrict...

Train Smart, Squash Cortisol, Make Progress Stop sabotaging your gains. If you always feel smashed the day after training, you're doing something wrong. Here's how to fix it. It happens when hard training upsets the natural recovery curve and leaves us in a state of fatigue, a feeling like...

Why Deloading Is Often Not Enough There's a way to resensitize your muscles and make them more responsive to growth. Here's everything you need to know. The world of resistance training is full of irony: The bigger you get to impress girls, the more you have dudes telling you, “Nice arms...

How to Program for Constant Gains Stuck in a rut? Dig yourself out with a specialization plan. Here's how to do it with any goal. Advanced lifters face a catch-22 situation: Their body is so well adapted to the type of stress provided by strength training that they require a huge amount of it...

N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine: Smart Energy You can feel jacked-up and frazzled or you can feel motivated and focused. Here's a top choice for feel-good energy. The word "energy" is used a lot in the stimulant world, but it means different things. In the category of pre-workouts, there's everything from...

The Workout Stress Test Burnout is real and it's holding you back. Here's how to identify it, prevent it, and cure it. A must-read for hardcore lifters and athletes. We’ve all been there at least once. Training is going well. You’re making gains and can’t wait to get more. You’re on a roll. Then...

by TC Luoma The 3/7 Method for Muscle Growth and Strength A scientifically proven and extremely time-efficient set/rep scheme for increasing muscle growth and strength. Check it out here. Muscle Growth, Metabolic Stress, and Mechanical Stress I’m a sucker for metabolic stress. If, after a...

Step counting and calorie tracking, step aside—there’s a new metric on the block that everyone’s obsessing over: heart rate variability (HRV). But despite its rising popularity, many of us might be misinterpreting what HRV truly represents and how it should be used. According to Marco Altini...

An unexamined life can cause as much damage as a poor diet and lack of exercise. So you’ve been reading and training hard for years now, and both your training and nutrition are dialed in. Members of the opposite sex are taking notice as your age-group peers slip into indolence and mediocrity...

Nowadays, the modern man has become a fan of fitness in the pursuit of a healthier life and a toned physique. Gyms are full, workouts are an essential routine, and diets are all the rage. Here’s the twist, though: fitness enthusiasts are on the edge of curiosity about whether working out can...

Author Rachel Goldsmith Turow The word resilience can be perplexing. Does it mean remaining calm when faced with stress? Bouncing back quickly? Growing from adversity? Is resilience an attitude, a character trait or a skill set? And can misperceptions about resilience hurt people, rather than...

The past few years have taken a toll on the mental health of millions around the world. Whether it’s dealing with pandemic fallout or fears of a recession, stress and anxiety seem especially high these days. With that increase in worry, individuals are searching for help. People spend millions...

What Is Rhodiola Rosea? Rhodiola rosea, also known as Golden Root or simply rhodiola, is a plant that grows in cold parts of the world, including the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. It’s known as an adaptogen, which is a substance that causes an imperceptible level of stress...

We know a lot about the physiological part of training, nutrition and recovery. You may think that if you optimize these factors you will have optimal progression and gains. People don’t often think as much about sleep, circadian rhythm, life outside the gym, and especially about stress. A...

BACTERIA THAT MAKES YOU FAT OR LEAN By now you know that your body is crawling with bugs, namely friendly and not-so-friendly gut bacteria. You have about two pounds of these critters (gut flora or microbiota) in your GI tract and they pretty much control just about every aspect of your health...

TESTICULAR FATIGUE? I spent a lot of evenings and weekends at the beach this past summer. There I espied hundreds of beautiful, nearly naked girls, many of who were candidates for future lower back problems, if you catch my drift. Now, however, I have no energy. I have mild depression and...

Oxidative stress and inflammation are putative causes of chronic diseases, especially "new-age" conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and various forms of cancer [1]. While they are problematic if left unmitigated...