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terrestris (TT) supplementation (read it). It's a new study from
the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Intermittent Fasting in Trained
Katowice, Poland (Wilk. 2016) that has no direct link to the Women Adds Same Amount
previously discussed study from the Shanghai University of of Muscle, Strips Extra Body
Sport Affiliated School of Sports in China. Fat (4-6%) | No Effect of HMB
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While the previously discussed study by Ma et al. (2015) was conducted with young athletic individuals,
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the AM vs. PM? That's a question I just received from Find Things on the SuppVersity
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intended to mirror the natural 24h (=circadian) rhythm of
testosterone which peaks in the AM and declines over the
day to re-increase over night and peak again in the AM.
What is particularly interesting about this rhythm, by the Physical Culture for Your Ears
way, is that it - or rather the peaks in the AM, are lost as
you age (see Figure on the left | Bremner. 1983). SuppVersity Science Round-Up
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exercise. Aerobic training was performed on a
stationary cycle ergometer, starting with 30 minutes of
continuous exercise at an intensity of 70–75% of
maximum heart rate (HR max). Every two weeks, the
work volume was increased by 5 minutes in order to
reach 60 minutes in the last two weeks of the
experiment. Strength training had a holistic aproach, "Get leaner, more muscular and hornier
than ever before" - That's probably the
involving all major muscle groups (the back, chest, promise on the T-booster someone will
abdomen, arms and lower limbs). For the first four release after reading this SuppVersity
weeks, exercises were performed in 3 sets of 8–12 Classic article and sourcing an inferior
Shilajit extract on Alibaba. Is that going to
reps with the resistance equal to 60–70% of 1RM and
be a waste of time - just as the majority of
2 min rest periods between sets. During the the tribulus products on the market, which
experiment, the number of sets of each exercise are lightyears away from providing grams
increased from 3 to 4 sets in weeks 5–8, and of pure saponines on a multiple serving
per day basis | learn more.
respectively to 5 sets in weeks 9–12 for each
exercise," (Wilk. 2016)
was of course not the same as the one in the previously discussed Chinese study. In conjunction with
the standardized isocaloric (same energy content) mixed diet containing 55% carbohydrate, 20%
protein, 25% fat, the workouts are still an important means of standardizing / reducing inter-group
differences that could otherwise arise due to personal exercise and / or diet preferences.
Figure 1: Relative changes in blood lipids, GH, IGF-1 and testosterone (Wilk. 2016).
The results of the scientists' two series of laboratory tests (independent tests were conducted at the
beginning and after 12 weeks of the intervention), revealed a statistically significant effect of the
intervention on the following variables: T-Ch (η2 = 0.542), HDL-Ch (η2 = 0.522), LDL-Ch (η2 = 0.587), T
(η2 = 0.603), IGF-1 (η2 = 0.512) and GH (η2 = 0.621).
Figure 2: Relative changes in body composition; effect sizes and p-values (Wilk. 2016).
Effects of which you will probably pleased to hear that they went hand in hand with significant
decreases in total body fat (TBF) total body mass (BM) and borderline significant effects on the fat-free
mass (muscle, organ and bone mass) of the subjects - an observation of which the scientists say that it
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form of counteracting the aging process" - an aging process that is evidenced by increasing body fat
levels, decreasing amounts of fat-free mass and concomitant deterioration of blood lipids and blood
glucose (the latter was unfortunately not measured in the study at hand).
Wtf!? What kind of tribulus was that? I wish I could tell you that, but a brand name or other
specifics are not mentioned in the publicly financed study from Poland.
What I can tell you is that the results are in line with a
2009 study by Milasius, et al. who used food a
commercial supplement Tribulus from Optimum
Nutrition, USA, and observed positive effects on the
acid-base equilibrium after short-term, high intensity
anaerobic exercise in competitive athletes. The study
at hand apparently used a more pruified steroidal
saponin supplement, however, and observed similar
effects as Brown et al. (2001), who supplemented
tribulus alongside 300mg of the
prohormone androstenediol and found - not to
anyone's surprise, probably a significant effect on
serum testosterone concentration in both young and
older men (see Figure to the right).
Since no such effects were observed in the often cited

study by Neychev, et al. (2005) in allegedly much
younger subjects, the question future studies will have
to answer is whether that's due to an (subject-)age- or
dosage / otherwise supplement-related difference Make no mistake about it, the impressive
increases in free T in Brown's often miscited
between the high dose of (probably) pure saponins 2001 study from which I took this figure were
used in the study at hand and the relatively low dose due to a combination of the prohormone
of Bulgaria TT (200mg/day) with 60% saponins that androstenediol with tribulus and other herbs.
To ascribe the T-increase to TT is idiotic.
was used by Neychev, et al. in 2005 | Comment!
References:
Bremner, William J., Michael V. Vitiello, and Patricia N. Prinz. "Loss of Circadian Rhythmicity
in Blood Testosterone Levels with Aging in Normal Men*." The Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology & Metabolism 56.6 (1983): 1278-1281.
Brown, Gregory A., et al. "Endocrine and lipid responses to chronic androstenediol-herbal
supplementation in 30 to 58 year old men." Journal of the American College of Nutrition 20.5
(2001): 520-528.
Matsumoto, Alvin M. "Andropause clinical implications of the decline in serum testosterone
levels with aging in men." The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and
Medical Sciences 57.2 (2002): M76-M99.
Milasius, K., R. Dadeliene, and Ju Skernevicius. "The influence of the Tribulus terrestris
extract on the parameters of the functional preparedness and athletes’ organism
homeostasis." Fiziol Zh 55.5 (2009): 89-96.
Neychev, Vladimir Kostadinov, and Vanyo Ivano Mitev. "The aphrodisiac herb Tribulus
terrestris does not influence the androgen production in young men." Journal of
ethnopharmacology 101.1 (2005): 319-323.
Wilk, Michał, et al. "Endocrine Responses to Physical Training and Tribulus Terrestris
Supplememtation in Middle-Age Men." Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and
Medicine 13.1 (2016): 65-71.
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