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From Hero to Zero - HMB Doesn't Work at All... in Athletes and Trained Individuals, Latest Meta-Analysis Suggests

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If we go by the results of this latest meta-analysis, athletes and experienced gymrats don't benefit from HMB supplements. Roughly 4 years ago, HMB, which, once hailed as "as potent as a weak androgenic steroid", had been forgotten by most fitness enthusiasts, when - all of a sudden - a single study by Wilson et al. put it back into the limelight. In fact, there's hardly a study that has been so heavily debated in the fitness geek community as Wilson's infamous HMB paper with the steroid-like gains from March 2014 (Wilson 2014). Since Wilson's paper has (as of now) not been retracted, it does seem odd that a group of scientists from Chile and Spain write in the conclusion of a new meta-analysis that's about to be published in the  Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport  (Sanchez-Martinez 2017) that they found "no effect of HMB supplementation on strength and body composition in trained and competitive athletes" (Sanchez-Marrinez 2017)... u...
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HMB 'Likely' Protects 'Muscle Quality' & 'Possibly' to 'Likely' Cuts Inflammation During 23-Day Intense Military Training

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Unfortunately, the study at hand provides insufficient evidence to decide whether you should buy (free acid) HMB if you are about to participate in a military bootcamp. The idea that HMB is the rather anticatabolic version of leucine, I've mentioned in previous articles , obviously occurred to an international group of scientists from the University of Central Florida , the  Israel Defense Forces  as well as associated universities, too (Hoffman. 2016). In their recent study, the scientists examined whether HMB supplementation can attenuate muscle loss and the inflammatory response during highly intense, sustained military training. A study, of which Hoffman et al. point out, that it is "to the best of [their] knowledge" the first study to "have examined HMB supplementation in soldiers during intense military operations" (Hoffman. 2016). Learn more about the potential beneficial effects of HMB at the SuppVersity : HMB For Fat Loss? Hica & H...
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HMB for Every, Not Just Strength Athletes? Lower Body Fat, Improved VO2, Muscle, Testosterone in 2x12 Week Study

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Lean muscle for athletes? HMB could help, irrespective of exercise type - by increasing strength, lean mass and VO2. In the study at hand, all three increased and that is / was in highly trained athletes. You've read all articles about HMB at the SuppVersity ? In that case you will be aware that HMB has hitherto been perceived rather as a strength / bodybuilding than an endurance supplement. Against that background it may come as a surprise that researchers from the Poznán University of Life Sciences in Poland chose to study the effects of HMB on the aerobic capacity (Burkalec-Michalski. 2016), instead of the usual study outcome, the subjects' strength. Is that a bad thing? Not at all! After all, there are  more sports that require optimal aerobic performance than sports that require (only) optimal strength performance. It thus makes perfect sense that Krzysztof Durkalec-Michalski and Jan Jeszka chose aerobic performance as their primary, but not only study outcome. Lea...
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HMB For Endurance Athletes: 3g Regular HMB Make Elite Rowers Run Out of Breath 10% Later + Facilitate Fat Loss

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HIIT on the rowing machine is a powerful fat loss tool even w/out HMB. It's yet also pretty intense, so I'd suggest that you don't do it everyday | learn more You will probably remember Jacob Wilson's impressive 2014 HMB study (Wilson. 2014 |  read more ). A study that repopularized an old supplement that was once marketed as being "as potent as a weak steroid". Steroids, however, are not exactly the #1 doping agent for endurance athletes. While many (ab)use everything that could improve their performance, agents like erythropoietin (EPO) are obviously much more popular. Against that background it is not totally obvious to do what Krzysztof Durkalec-Michalski and Jan Jeszka did in their latest study: To assess the effect of HMB supplementation on physical capacity, body composition and levels of biochemical markers in endurance athletes, elite rowers to be precise. Learn more about the potential beneficial effects of HMB at the SuppVersity : HMB F...
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HMB + Whey = Useless? Performance Markers Up, CK, IL-6 and DOMS Down - Recent Study Suggest Faster Recovery, Study Design Limits Significance of Results, Though

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To actually confirm the marketed "more complete recovery", I'd like to see more relevant study outcomes (who does CMJs?) to be tested, EAS ;-) If you've read my comments on previous HMB studies you will know that I am skeptical if the promising results that have been observed in studies using 2-3 grams of calcium bound or free acid HMB would persist if the subjects did what most of you will do: Consume 20-30g of whey protein after every workout. I guess Kraemer et al. (2015) may have had similar doubts, when they designed their latest study. A study in which they compare recovery from highly demanding resistance exercise with whey protein (WP group) alone or a supplement containing whey, HMB, and a slow-release carbohydrate (isomaltulose | RP group). Learn more about HMB at the SuppVersity : HMB For Fat Loss? Hica & HMB in Yogurt More on HMB Free Acid Breakthrough HMB Science HMB for Muscle Quality HMB Hampers Fat Loss? Now, I have to ...
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