Muscle & Performance

Metabolic Micronutrients!   Micronutrients like vitamins and minerals are essential to normal cellular function and nutrient absorption. As well, they support growth and development of various tissues in the body including bones and muscle. Vitamins act as catalysts for many important bodily processes, thus it stands to reason that vitamin requirements go up under increased

Vitamin D, BCAA, and Arginine   Dwayne N. Jackson, PhD   Recent research has been focused on vitamin D supplementation for athletes. Although the body can make this stuff when the skin is exposed to sunlight (by converting cholesterol to vitamin D), this mechanism of vitamin D “intake” depends greatly on the season and your

BODY SHOP: IRON MAN   Competitive athletes need to access every ounce of energy they have available. Heavy training combined with work and life’s stresses can make it difficult to keep on track with a strict diet and intense workouts. Although most would contribute fatigue to a busy schedule, your tiredness and lack of motivation

Citrulline Malate and Beta-Alanine   Dwayne N. Jackson, PhD   We all know that elevated training intensity requires an optimal state of mind, but science tells us that high-intensity workouts rely on optimizing the cellular environment in working muscles. At the end of the day, the more reps and sets you can complete during training