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Things that Belong into Your Gymbag: A Well-Adjusted Boil & Bite. Study Shows Decreased Cortisol Response After Intense Exercise with Custom-Fit Performance Mouthpiece

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Image 1: An Under Armour Performance Mouthpiece - hitherto not a bodybuilder's 1st choice from the Under Armour line-up; something that may change when Cutler & co get wind of its effects on post exercise cortisol levels ;-) Any (semi-)professional boxers out there? No? Football players? Ice-hockey? Lacrosse? Did you ever think of wearing your mouthpieces in the gym? No? Well, I guess then you have not heard about the surprising performance enhancement the stabilization of your temporomandibular joint by a well-adjusted mouthpiece may have on exercise performance and recuperation, have you? Studies into the effects of mouthpieces on exercise performance date back to the late 1970's and early 1980's, when Stephen David Smith published two studies on the effects of mouthguards and jaw posture on strength and exercise performance in the New York State Dentist Journal ( Smith. 1978 ; Smith. 1982 ). In spite of that, a proper, experimentally verified explanation for th...
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Two Weeks on 2.5g Betaine Increase Performance, IGF1 & Growth Hormone by Antagonizing Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone at the Hypothalamic Level

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Image 1: You can probably get some cheap betaine (TMG) from your local fishing (not vitamin) shop. Sometimes, the thing we have been looking for has been there all along. And, no, I am not talking about the love of your life, but the cheap, effective and side-effect free anti-catabolic ergogenic every hard training athlete and fitness fanatic could benefit from. It turns out, Betaine, or trimethyl-gylcine (TMG), the methylated version of the relatively unknown amino acid glycine could be just that: a readily available, cheap ergogenic with the ability to safely modulate your hormonal training response in a way that will actually translate into real world performance increments. It is not without reason that I underline the importance of real world performance increments against impressive figures on a (oftentimes unrealiable) lab report. What's the use of the 40% increase in testosterone supplement X has been shown to provide, w...
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