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been using quality pure for the last 6 months. slight sting when injecting and leads to lipohypertrophy 3 days later no matter what. curiosity set in and I used bac water I had from battlebornpep the last 3 weeks have been sting free and no lipohypertrophy. needless to say I'm pretty pissed off...

So the best shape I’ve ever been in is when I take peanut butter out of my diet. Lately with peanut butter it seems I hold water especially around my waist. Anyone have this issue with peanut butter?

Whether you’re freestyle swimming with your friends or treading lightly in the beach waves, time in the water calls for serious built-in resistance. From your arms to your core, the warm-weather activity can help you build lung power, muscular strength, and endurance all while lessening your...

PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS In part one of this article, I presented a few ideas as to why the obesity rate is rapidly increasing in spite of the fact that, on average, our calorie consumption as a society hasn't increased all that much. In that article, I discussed the idea of a "displacing" food, a...

Add bookmark #1 I get asked a number of questions on a daily basis regarding health, weight loss, nutrition, and so forth, but there is one common theme that correlates to everyone’s problem with fat loss and achieving a lean, in-shape physique. And that problem is: they are not looking deeply...

I was browsing the internet and came across a video on magnesium and how it's a natural laxative and wanted to post on it. Don't take over the counter laxatives if you don't have too. I started taking magnesium just to have better and more regular bowl movements and its have helped so much...

While most fitness-minded guys obsess about protein, we ignore fiber—at our peril. Eating enough roughage is incredibly important. There is little to debate about that, despite what the hardcore carnivore crowd will tell you. In a recent and comprehensive Lancet study of previous research...

What Are Electrolyte Supplements? The scientific definition of an electrolyte is a compound which produces positive or negative ions when dissolved in a liquid, like water. When it comes to nutrition, the term electrolyte refers specifically to a handful of minerals (the main ones being...

What Is Creatine? Creatine is a natural compound comprising the amino acids L-arginine, glycine, and methionine. Your body produces creatine naturally, but it can also absorb and store creatine from foods like meat, eggs, and fish. Creatine accelerates the process that produces adenosine...

On a scale of stubbing your toe and being punched in the face by Mike Tyson, scale weight fluctuations are probably a, hmmm, oh I dunno, sliced to a thousand pieces by a Samurai. While that may seem highly hyperbolic, weight fluctuations on the scale can make or break someone’s day, week, and...

What Is Creatine Monohydrate? Creatine is a natural compound made up of the amino acids L-arginine, glycine, and methionine. Creatine monohydrate is creatine with one molecule of water attached to it (“mono” meaning one and “hydrate” meaning a molecule with water attached to it). Our bodies...

The places that you go, the events that you attend and a lot of your daily decisions surround your workout. You try your best to plan your hangouts, make your work schedule fit and of course, make it so you can obtain a good night of sleep before hitting the weights the following day. One thing...

When a Weight Loss Plateau isn’t a Fat Loss Plateau In a perfect world, we would lose weight in a neat, orderly manner. We would stick to our workouts and meal plans like good little boys and girls and would wake up a little lighter and leaner every day. The weeks would breeze by and before we...

Are There Any Health Benefits to Water Fasting? "Water fasting" is a specific variant of intermittent fasting short-term practice that is exactly what it sounds like—fasting for anywhere from 12 hours to several days with water being the only source of "nutrition" during that timespan. Since...

You can't throw the proverbial rock without hitting yet another obnoxious ad of some sort for alkaline water, with claims to cure all that ails ya', from genital warts to fear of flying. It's said to restore pH balance by "reducing acidity levels in the blood" and "reducing water cluster size...

PLUG YOUR STRENGTH LEAKS Are you aware of the "strength leaks" phenomenon? If not, imagine that your body is a tube and water is being poured into it. The water going in is the force your muscles are producing (e.g., feet pushing on the floor in a squat) and the water coming out is the amount of...

HEART HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS: BEYOND CARDIO & CLEAN EATING When it comes to your ticker, everybody knows about the merits of fish oil, regular exercise, stress avoidance, not snacking on lard, and trying not to let electrical appliances fall into your bathwater. But there are several lesser-known...

ARE MY CREATINE GAINS JUST WATER? Most people gain weight so rapidly after starting to take creatine that logic tells you that the weight gain is almost all water. That may be largely true after you first begin taking it, but even then, the increase in weight appears to be proportional to the...

When the coronavirus hit, they were one of the few countries that had plenty of personal protective equipment (PPE) to go around. Sure, a lot of it was old and was probably decorated with characters from the old Howdy Doody TV show and the Flintstones, but it worked just fine. So it makes...

You’re working hard in the gym; sweat is pouring down your face and you chug some water. Great idea! However, simply drinking water won’t hydrate your body properly—in fact, the combination of losing sweat and replacing it solely with water can cause you to become dehydrated and even sickly...