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Betaine For Strength, Size & Endurance Gains: 2.5g/Day For 6 Weeks Does the Trick - Even in Advanced Trainees

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If you feel like a shadow of yourself, betaine may help - specifically with  metabolically demanding workouts. "Six-weeks of betaine supplementation improved body composition, arm size, bench press work capacity, attenuated the rise in urinary HCTL, and tended to improve power (p = .07) but not strength." (Cholewa. 2013) That's not just the conclusion to the latest paper Jason Cholewa et al. have just published in every supplement junkie's favorite scientific journal (do I have to mention it's the one of the International Society of Sports Supplementation, ISSN ?), it's also exciting news on trimethylglycine and further evidence that it has the potential to queue up in the short line of effective dietary supplements you may spend money on without having a guilty conscience. 6 Weeks + 2.5g/day = Increased mass, volume and strength gains The routine the researchers had their 23 experienced recreationally strength trained males (weight: ...
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Nasty Insights into the Yo-Yo-Effect: Lower Body Fat Sticks and From Fit2Fat There's no Easy Way Back! Plus: Why It's Easier to Get 6-Pack Abs Than Striated Glutes & Hams.

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Image 1: The person in the middle was probably once morbidly obese. How I know? Lower body adipose tissue sticks. After yesterday's first installment of "On Short Notice" , which by the way appears to have pleased most of you (thanks for the feedback, everyone!), we are going back to an in-depth analysis of another cherry-picked study, today. Don't worry, though, I believe even those who are more into the "rumpy pumpy" news will like this one. After all, it could provide some more insights into why your upper body and lower body don't match each other and - what's even more important it puts another emphasis on the primer to never ever let yourself go for too long. The fat you gain today, will not be gone tomorrow! In the scientific version of "from fit2fat2fit" ( click here to watch the ABC report on the "experiment"), Prachi Singh and his colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, UK, fed 23 volunteers (15 men and 8...
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