Gym-goers are going crazy for these products. It’s time for a reality check.
- Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology Across the Lifespan, Deakin University
New research on whether animal- or plant-based protein sources are better have been severely misrepresented.
The advice on the sides of protein tubs may have to change.
New studies show that athletes don’t need to lift heavy weights to gain power.
Try starting with 12,000 kcals a day.
Don’t confuse studies doubting some of the benefits with the bigger picture.
Anti-doping authorities divide steroids into good and bad ones. Yet the more you look at them close up, the more similar they actually are.
New research shows bodybuilders’ muscle quality is lower than that of people who don’t train at all - but size is still a pretty good guide to strength.
Like many high school students I completely misunderstood the philosopher Herbert Spencer’s phrase “survival of the fittest.” I interpreted it to mean that those animals of a species that were the most…
People have used bodybuilding to improve their physical performance for at least 1,500 years. The first recorded example was the sixth-century wrestler, Milo of Croton, in southern Italy. Milo reportedly…
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