I thought that headline might catch your attention. You read it right...a new study indicates that if you eat more calcium, you'll crap out more fat. Twice as much. Why is this important? Well for one, it explains the seemingly paradoxical link that's been observed between increased dairy consumption (typically foods that are higher in fat and even sugar) and lower body compositions. It also exp [...]

I came across an ad for a supplement that claims to boost vertical jump performance. Skeptically intrigued, I checked it out. Boy am I glad I did. On there website they say that this supplement is "vertical leap in a tablet." Yeah. Right. While this stuff is no match for Jack Nirenstein's Running Mechanics instruction, this is certainly making a strong push for 2nd place in the Product of the Y [...]

Don’t ignore the obvious; take care of the first 98% before looking for the last 2%, that is a huge problem today. Are you athletes getting enough sleep? What is their lifestyle away from training? What is their diet? Are they living on energy bars, supplements and recovery drinks or are they eating real food? You must accumulate a background of training and competition before any sophisticated [...]

There was a google adsense ad on the bottom of the page for LINK REMOVED and I couldn't help but click on the link. What a pleasant surprise! The site is like a comedy of errors and half-truths. Let's play a variation on "Where's Waldo"....check out the site and post your top 3 errors / funnies / untruths to the forum. [...]

I titled this Foamy Grossness part II only because this is my second go at a post-workout 4:1 homemade CHO/PRO shake. This time I put a little more effort than my late night debacle. The hope was to make this only from supermarket materials, but there were some key ingredients that I had to order online. Dehydrated Milk Powder - 8 g PRO/ 12 g CHO - 3 servings for 24g/36gDextrose - 16 g (approx. 4 [...]

I was recently contacted by Next Nutritional Company to do some producttesting and write a review for their new line of nutritional bars. Theysent me about 20 bars to try out and just asked that I give an honestreview. So here we go…. First off, there are three different types of bars to theirline. Next Nutrition has come up with an interesting concept ofsport-specific nutrition. They sent [...]

Hopefully when you read the title you yelled, “Carson you are just repeating things that have been written about for a long time!”  Well, you’re right.  This is nothing new, everyone knows that they should be taking fish oil, but I’m still amazed at how many of these people in the know fail to take adequate fish oil.  Here are a few reasons to make sure you a [...]

As many people know on this forum I work with http://www.blackstarlabs.com to help promote regeneration and I find it ironic the same people that complain about supplements are same people with some of the worst dietary habits, or coach athletes with the worst diets period. Currently I have been working with Dave Rosland over the last three years and we are worried about the direction of the industry as [...]