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At Bodybuilding Science we know that good information about supplements is hard to find. There's so much hype and pseudo-science out there that it’s difficult to discern which products will help you achieve actual muscle gains and burn off pounds of fat. So many products rely on popular trends, or magical herbal formulas and provide little to no information as to how, or even if their product works. That’s where we come in. At Bodybuilding Science, our mission is finding out just that. We find the active ingredients in most popular bodybuilding supplements and using actual, cited, scientific research, tell you exactly what the product does, and how, in terms you can understand. No scientific babble, just to the point, factual supplement reviews. Now you don't have to waste your valuable time and money testing out supplements on a trial and error basis. We separate the hype from the facts and report it to you directly. We're not here to sell you crap you don't need, that doesn't work; we're here to help you make informed decisions about your supplement choices in order to help you achieve your body building goals.


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Proper Lifting Technique

There are two major reasons that people don’t lift weights correctly in the gym. The most common reason is that a person is trying to lift more then they are able. We’ve all seen it. The guy curling 200 pounds that has to rock back and forth like a mental patient to get every rep up. Now, I’m not saying that cheating is always bad, it has it’s place, but don’t think that curling 100 pounds by throwing your back into it is going to be any more beneficial for your biceps then doing 70 pounds with good form. More after the jump »


Using Lifting Straps

The purpose of weight lifting straps is to allow you to grip heavier weights than you would normally be able to during intense lifts (like deadlifts or shrugs). If you’re grip is limiting how much weight you can hold during these exercises, you should pick yourself up a pair of these babies.

How to use lifting straps: More after the jump »


Sleep Your Way to Muscle Gains

There is tons of information floating around the internet and weight rooms about how to gain an edge on muscle building or fat loss, but the basic principles of bodybuilding are as simple as they can get. Yet, in our quest for the perfect body, some of us are so busy looking for the perfect supplement or the best fiber shredding workout routine that we often forget one of these most basic principles, sleep. More after the jump »


Muscle Chow

Muscle ChowOne of the most important and often most overlooked part of any exercise plan is nutrition. Without a proper diet, all the weight lifting and supplements in the world won’t give you the body you want. Muscle Chow, by Gregg Avedon, not only has over 100 great, muscle building recipes, it also has an introduction filled with tons of great general diet information.

Even the cleanest eater’s diet can benefit from a little variety. Tuna fish and flax seeds get old pretty quick, so combining healthy elements in tasty ways can be a great help when trying to stay on the straight and narrow diet path. It can often mean the difference between a balanced meal and boredom induced trip through the drive-thru. More after the jump »


Nitro Lipo-X

Purpose:
Lipo-X is designed to help you burn body fat in two ways, by increasing the amount of fat your body burns and suppressing your appetite so you take in less overall calories. More after the jump »


BSN’s NO-Xplode

NO-Xplode is one of the best known products in the bodybuilding world. It has won both bodybuilding.com’s Supplement of the Year Award and Nitric Oxide of the Year Award. I personally know several meat heads who swear by the stuff. But scientifically, this means nothing. NO-Xplode is jammed full of ingredients and nutrients, half the container is the nutritional label. But what is Nitric Oxide? What does taking Nitric Oxide accomplish and how? And most importantly, is BSN’s NO-Xplode better than other forms of Nitric Oxide and why? These are the questions that are of central importance to the debate on this product, and are precisely the questions we will seek to answer here. More after the jump »


Cytosport’s Muscle Milk

Cytosport’s Muscle Milk is a great product. I don’t say that about too many bodybuilding supplements, but I really believe this is a necessity for any serious bodybuilder. It is packed with real nutrition. Its one of the best sources of good fats, a sector of nutrition that is sorely overlooked in this industry. Our bodies need balance in order to work properly and pack on muscle, and eating nothing but pasta and chicken leaves many important areas of nutrition unattended to. Many people still have the mentality that eating fat makes you fat, but any experienced bodybuilder will tell you differently. More after the jump »


Piracetam

Piracetam works, that’s not even what we’re going to discuss in this article. It is only available by prescription in the UK and other various European countries. Piracetam has not yet been reviewed by the America FDA, and as such is only classified as a “nutritional supplement”. It has been thoroughly tested since the 1960’s and has been shown to have significant effects when compared to placebo. So what is Piracetam and why is it useful to bodybuilding? That, my friend, is the question we will explore here. More after the jump »


Tribulus 625

Optimum’s Tribulus 625 is accurately named as it is purported to contain 625 mg of Tribulus terrestris Extract (from the Tribula terrestris fruit). This extract has been shown by independent clinical research to contain several steroidal saponins (Yan, 1996). Now, that’s quite a mouthful of scientific jargon, so what does that mean for me and you? More after the jump »


Thermolife’s E-Bol

E-BOL is billed as a “non-hormonal” athletic enhancer. It’s supposedly a combination of many lab proven herbal extracts and recently synthesized chemicals. Like always, we will take each of the listed ingredients of Thermolife’s new product and inspect them one by one in order to better understand what the product is and how it work. So let’s jump right in. More after the jump »