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Want to improve your sprint time, explosive power and how good you feel about training? A study published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism suggests that substituting your carb-only drink for one containing carbs and caffeine could make the difference. Resea ... READ MORE

If you attended the Arnold last weekend, you got a first look at ABB’s updated bird logo and Built Greater Than message. Fact is, we’ve been built greater from the start. Way back in the mid-1980s when ABB invented the Power Activator drink and offered the first Carbohydrate Performance beverage. ... READ MORE

Those fluorescent lights burning 24/7 at the grocery store have a very positive influence on fresh spinach. That’s what a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reports. Researchers found that 3 days of exposure to this type of lighting jacked levels of vitamins C, K, E an ... READ MORE

You told elected officials in Washington how you felt, and they listened. Elsevier’s Over The Counter Today website reported that Senator John McCain has withdrawn his support of the Supplement bill known as S.3002. Its passage might have made purchasing ready to drink protein and other supplements ... READ MORE

If the goal is to get bigger and stronger, then your mission is to keep your body in an anabolic (building) state as much as possible. Maintaining an anabolic environment for continued muscle growth means minimizing catabolism, which is when muscle tissue is being broken down. You can’t avoid the ca ... READ MORE

Busy building up the “Barn-Door Lats” that exemplify a bodybuilder physique? Get ready to rep plenty of Wide-Grip Pulldowns and Wide-Grip Chins. Both of these exercises put the focus on your lats, the area right underneath your arms. But before you get down to pulling some weight, let’s look at the ... READ MORE