Will Brink

Here's a simple fact of life: if your back and legs can dead-lift 700lb, but your grip ends at 300lbs, your dead-lift is 300 lbs. Thus, your grip is truly the final link in the chain that dictates what you can pull off the ground or what you can hold...

Scams come and go in the supplement industry, and while apparently this one has been going on a while, it's a big one. Acai Berry a berry from South America, which like all "miracle foods" before it, promises to cure pretty much everything, is right at the heart of a...

Getting Into Great Condition Using an Interval Timer Outside the programs that are designed to obtain a specific goal, such as increases in 1RM strength, or an increase in muscle mass, etc, conditioning workouts can also be an integral part of a well designed program. In my earlier days, like most...

PART 2! A very quick word on Non-T mediated Effects. This article is looking at two specific issues as it relates to the T booster products:

Nutrient considerations There are several supplemental nutrients that should be especially helpful for combating sarcopenia, both directly and indirectly. Supplements that have shown promise for combating sarcopenia are creatine, vitamin D, whey protein, acetyl-L-carnitine, glutamine, and buffering agents such as potassium bicarbonate. Creatine The muscle atrophy found in older adults comes predominantly from...

Is a loss of strength, mobility, and functionality an inevitable part of aging? No, it's not. It's a consequence of disuse, suboptimal hormone levels, dietary and nutrient considerations and other variables, all of which are compounded by aging. One of the greatest threats to an aging adult's ability to stay...

A fairly recent article in the Journal of Special Operations Medicine (JSOM)* examined the Musculoskeletal injuries from 5th group. The military is starting to catch onto the fact that their troops, in particular their special operations troops, would improve their operational effectiveness while reducing rates of injury by taking advantage...

Anti Muscle Bias! As most know who have been weight lifting for more then a few years, there is a general anti muscle bias that exists in the general (read fat and lazy) population and the media. There is even something of an anti muscle bias in science and medicine...

Are there hormones in your whey? It's not a simple "yes" or "no" answer I am sorry to say. Being an animal based product derived from milk, whey, like any animal based product, could potentially contain some naturally occurring hormone(s). The issue is, which hormone and in what amounts? Modern testing abilities...

Just about everyone and his mama has heard about High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short. HIIT has been found to have various advantages over other forms of exercise for both fat loss and retaining muscle mass. It seems everyone has jumped on the HIIT bandwagon and regularly talk...