If you train for athletic performance, you should focus on full range of motion. That’s the take-away from a recent study comparing the effects of 15 weeks of training with either partial of full ROM on muscle architecture and mechanical properties. Untrained males trained their legs using an isokinetic dynamometer. It’s a contraption that works … Read more
Here is a recent and interesting study showing the power of the mind and how large an impact it can have on our exercise performance. Well-trained athletes ran seven 1000-time trials over the course of four weeks. The first few to establish a baseline for performance without caffeine, and the last 4 to test the … Read more
It doesn’t matter who you are, young or old, man or woman, alien or earthling, strength training will make you stronger, more powerful, and more muscular. That being said, there are differences between the sexes that could influence your training results. Men have much higher levels of muscle-building hormones, and there are also differences in … Read more
Which is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world? Caffeine, of course. Our favorite drug has many different physiological effects, one being potentially enhanced performance during exercise. This effect is mainly exerted by blocking the neurotransmitter adenosine from its receptors. Caffeine increases both aerobic endurance performance, muscular endurance, and even anaerobic strength and power activities … Read more
In the end of 2018, we launched our own app for logging your training. It was called “Styrkelabbet”, was completely in Swedish (where we’re from) and has since been downloaded over a hundred thousand times, with great reviews. We have finally completed a big update, with amongst other features now means that it is available … Read more
Beta-alanine has emerged as one of the most popular dietary supplements with the purpose of increasing exercise performance. It is a relatively new star on the supplement sky, with the first human study published as late as in 2006, but its popularity has steadily increased. It can be found in many so-called pre-workout products, but … Read more
Most serious athletes have at some time or another had training sessions or longer periods of training plagued by pains and aches. Some have even accepted the pain as a constant training partner. These pains can be the result of chronic inflammation, acute injury or the remains of past injuries, often the result of training … Read more
Your muscles are not the only things benefitting from a training session in the gym. Depression is something that is afflicting 300 million people all over the world at this very moment. They might not even be aware of it, but almost everyone has relatives or friends who at some point have been clinically depressed. … Read more
The romanian deadlift is a variant of the deadlift that primarily trains your hip extensors (e.g. glutes, hamstrings and adductors) as well as your lower back. The movement is similar to a regular deadlift, but with romanian deadlifts you keep your legs almost fully extended throughout the entire motion, and also the exercise begins and … Read more