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Just look at the guys surrounding you, girls. How on earth will you get bulky if they are training like maniacs and still look like size-zero bans? "Overfat", that's a term scientists use to refer to obese, but more importantly over- or even normal-weight people who are still carrying exuberant amounts of body fat around. In a recent meta-analysis, James E. Clark from the Manchester Community College tried to figure out, which of the significant numbers of means of methods to alter body composition, and metabolic issues that are available for the adult who is overfat is the "best" one. In his review, the scientists focused on comparing changes from treatment program for adults who are overfat based on analysis of aggregated effect size (ES) of inducing changes from 66-population based studies, and 162-studywise groups. Learn more about dieting and not ruining your metabolism @ www.suppversity.com Orgasm Hormone Increases REE 9 Tricks to Keep You R...

How much of the protein you can eat and how much of it you need two keep the status quo are very different questions. Don't worry, this article is not about the notorious " Anabolic Barndoor " or the purported magic of "nutrient timing" and post.workout supplements. The thing I want to discuss in today's SuppVersity article is of a more general nature and revolves around the upregulation of the ubiquinase enzymes and consequent proteolysis (=catabolims) of skeletal muscle tissue ... or if you want to use my buddy Carl Lanore's term: "The loss of metabolic currency" we all know you better avoid at all costs, if you care about aging healthily.  You can learn more about protein intake at the SuppVersity Are You Protein Wheysting? Cod protein for recovery Protein requ. of athletes High EAA protein for fat loss Fast vs. slow protein Too much ado about protein? What we are going to deal with today is protein breakdown, o...

The cover of the Vogue is usually not the place to turn to, if you are looking for role-models, but let's be honest: Do you believe Hope Solo or Serena Williams suffer from amenorrhea or their fellow Olympian Brian Lochte from low testosterone? I don't think so. So, there must be something "real" athletes do that way too many weekend warriors, who are in it, often to look just like their stars don't do - and in this multi-part SuppVersity Special , we are going to figure out what this may be. I guess some of you will already have believed that I had forgotten about the requested and promised article on the "Female Athlete Triad" . As you can easily see, this is not the case and still, I must admit that it will take another week until I will eventually have make good on my promise, as this is only the first part of a multi-part feature . The main reason I decided to split things up is that I did not want you to simply skip on the fundamental inform...

Image 1: The drafter, he is, Adelfo is probably enjoying the increased workload inside and outside of the gym. Time is, and I am probably not writing this for the first time, flying by, these days. It is yet another Thursday and once more, I am about as intrigued about Adelfo's progress in the past seven days, as you (probably?) are. We have been talking quite a lot, actually, but not so much about his own regimen, as about other stuff, such as the first boydbuilding seminar, Adelfo attended as an official Myotropics Physique athlete . Kind of amazing how things are taking off for him and I am truly happy that all the hard work he has and still is putting not only in his physique, but also in his education is starting to pay off. That being said, you are lucky that he has found some time to compile his weekly blogposts in-between his homework assignments at school, his training and the marketing events for Myotropics , who are just about to release their first product, Physiqu...

Image 1: Is this really all it takes to lose those unhealthy and unaesthetic pounds? Two servings of a breakfast cereal a day, instead of two of your regular meals? Sounds too "good" (?) to be true, right? A study says it works, but only the SuppVersity will tell you the real costs! For me, as a German, it is quite surprising that the words "Special K", or rather the reference to the eponymous product comes up pretty often in the health and nutrition blogosphere, when someone wants to point out an e-special-ly (K) unhealthy breakfast. While "low fat", still looms large here in Germany and "diet"-this and "diet"-that stickers (respective products usually carry the label "light", which shall obviously imply "light" as in "lightweight") are attached to an ever-growing number of products in the mainstream supermarkets, my fellow countrymen (I am unfortunately not so sure about the women, though) must yet ha...