Archive: March 2014

Many whey proteins bother my stomach, but not so with Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard Natural Whey, which says something about the quality. It tastes great, isn’t packed full of a bunch of chemicals that you can’t even begin to pronounce, and is easy on the digestion. It’s also naturally sweetened and flavored. There’s […]

Alpha-GPC (Alpha-glycerophosphocholine or sometimes just glycerophosphocholine) is a natural compound found in certain foods like milk. It contains a substance called choline, which, when ingested, turns into a powerful neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is involved in both cognitive functions like learning, attention span, and memory, as well as muscular contractions. Animal research has shown that supplementation with alpha-GPC increases acetylcholine levels in […]

While general supplementation with BCAAs is unnecessary when you’re eating properly, they do have a good use: pre-workout supplementation when you’re training in a fasted state. (Fasted training is a particularly effective way to accelerate fat loss, and to target stubborn fat, particularly.) I’ve cut both with and without fasted training, and can say with absolute confidence that it […]

When LEGION set out to create RECHARGE, they started with the tried-and-true base of creatine—one of the most researched and scientifically validated dietary supplements in the world of sports nutrition. Instead of hyping up fancy-sounding forms scientifically proven to be no more effective than creatine monohydrate, however, they decided to focus on what else they could include in the […]

VPX’s Meltdown is one of the few fat burners on the market actually supported by legit science, which you can read about here and here. Its stimulants are caffeine, yerba mate, and synephrine; it has yohimbine to help eliminate stubborn fat; and a couple other goodies that increase your resting heart rate, and that work synergistically with other […]

Yohimbine is a substance found in the Pausinystalia yohimbe plant, and helps block a mechanism in fat cells that prevents weight loss, which in turn speeds up fat loss. There’s a catch, though: you must be in a fasted state for it to work. The insulin spike that occurs after eating a meal completely negates the beneficial effects of yohimbine. Research […]

Caffeine helps you lose fat by simply increasing your body’s daily energy expenditure. As weight loss boils down to energy consumed vs. energy expended, caffeine helps you maintain a calorie deficit. Caffeine has other benefits for us fitness folk. It improves strength, muscle endurance, and anaerobic performance, and also reverses the “morning weakness” experienced by many weightlifters. Now, you can get your caffeine […]