Full-Body Training for Beginners
Full-body training for beginners: why training the whole body works best in the first months, a sample A/B program, choosing weights, progression and technique control.
Full-body training for beginners: why training the whole body works best in the first months, a sample A/B program, choosing weights, progression and technique control.
How the body ideal in bodybuilding changed: from Sandow and the “golden era” to the mass champions of the 1990s, Classic Physique and the health consequences.
Elevated TPO antibodies in an athlete: causes, the role of heredity, iodine, pregnancy and medications, what to do with normal and altered TSH, whether selenium helps and when treatment is needed.
Forms of curcumin: standardized 95% extract, combinations with piperine, phospholipid complexes, micelles, nanoparticles, cyclodextrins. How to read the label and which form to choose for your goal.
Myths about pea protein: whether it is complete, whether muscle grows on it, whether it causes bloating, allergy and hormonal changes. An editorial analysis based on research.
ZMA for women: how the needs for zinc, magnesium and vitamin B6 differ, why the standard men’s serving may be excessive, PMS, contraceptives, pregnancy and safe limits.
ESR in an athlete: how the erythrocyte sedimentation rate test works, what the result depends on, how ESR differs from CRP and when this test is truly informative.
Interactions of ademetionine (SAMe) with antidepressants, tramadol, triptans, St. John’s wort, levodopa, stimulants, vitamins B12 and folate. Which combinations are dangerous and which are logical from the standpoint of biochemistry.
Melatonin during a mass-gaining phase: whether it affects growth hormone and hypertrophy, the role of sleep in muscle protein synthesis, when its use is justified and what the risks are.
The history of the anti-doping movement: the first tragedies, the IOC Medical Commission, the Ben Johnson case, the creation of WADA, the Code, the biological passport and modern challenges.
Full-body training for beginners: why training the whole body works best in the first months, a sample A/B program, choosing weights, progression and technique control.
How the body ideal in bodybuilding changed: from Sandow and the “golden era” to the mass champions of the 1990s, Classic Physique and the health consequences.