Peaking: What You Need To Know Dr. Andrew Chappell BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, WNBF Pro What is peaking? How does it work? Does it work? What do people do? How many times can you peak? Who should peak? These were questions along with many more I had when I got into competitive bodybuilding. Some 20 […]
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Things to consider when searching for appropriate bodybuilding/fitness information In one of the most famous scence of the classic bodybuilding documentary ‘Pumping Iron’, Arnold Schwarzenegger famously jests that it would not be that difficult to give his friend and rival competitor ‘Franco Columbo’ the ‘Wrong Advices’ to give him a competitive advantage in the run up to the 1977 Mr Olympia
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Dr. Andrew Chappell BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD During my PhD I was involved in studying the colonic gut microbiota. I would spend weeks at a time in the lab putting together elaborate experiments using test tubes, acids, alkalines, gases and various different carbohydrate sources to try and make my bugs grow. When I wasn’t in
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Dr. Andrew Chappell BSc (hons), MSc, PhD Sports physiologists, psychologists, coaches and the media often talk about the differences between winning and losing being only a couple of percent. But how much of an edge do anabolic steroids really give you? Secondly, once you’ve taken these drugs how long do their effects last? The short
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