Think Muscle Newsletter #13

August 15, 2001

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Message from the Editor-in-Chief, Bryan Haycock

Research-Driven Development of Dietary Supplements

We at Think Muscle can’t thank you enough for all your support, but we can, and do, commit to continue to bring you the best information available anywhere about exercise, nutrition, supplements, hormones, or anything else important enough to investigate and write about. I have a pressing issue that I must offer up for your consideration and feedback. As most of you know, I love supplements. I have probably spent enough money on supplements over the years to pay off my school loans. I have used them for over 20 years (I’ve calculated that over the years I have consumed at least 1,000 lbs of protein powders alone). I write about supplements for print magazines and websites. I even work as a consultant for the supplement industry. But after all the writing and consulting, what has given me the most satisfaction and sense of purpose, has been (and continues to be) the mail I get from readers.

Research Update: Cycling Creatine, Steroids and the Heart, Meal Replacement Drinks by Bryan Haycock MS

As we approach the new millennium we find the science of building muscle progressing faster than ever before. Long gone are the days of simple trial and error when it comes to building muscle. The modern bodybuilder demands more than just "hear say" if they are to adopt a new training routine or nutritional supplement. This column was created to keep today’s bodybuilder on the cutting edge of scientific research that might benefit them in their quest for body perfection.

Creative Applications of Circuit Training: Fatigue Management Strategies for Bodybuilders: Part I by Charles Staley

When I teach acute training parameters in seminars across the USA, a very common question regards which exercise to do first, second, third, etc., in any given workout. Traditional wisdom says to do whatever exercise is most important first, since fatigue accumulates over the course of the workout. While I agree, there is a much more refined way to address the problem of accumulating fatigue, and it’s called circuit training.

Anorectic Pharmacology Part I: The Absurdity of the New Diet Drugs by Karlis Ullis, MD with Josh Shackman, MA

I have greatly enjoyed reading Bill Roberts’ Anabolic Pharmacology Column and I applaud him for his help in bringing much needed common sense to the area of anabolic hormone research. Only recently with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the AIDS wasting syndromes has research on the therapeutic use of anabolic steroids become respectable again. However, as clueless as the medical establishment has been on drugs that make you bigger, it is often even more misguided on the use of drugs that make you smaller. Unlike the minimal amount of research devoted to anabolic steroids which, millions and millions of dollars and hundreds and hundreds of studies have been done to develop and test the efficacy of diet drugs. The rapidly increasing plague of obesity in America has been well established, but nothing significant has been done to stop it despite the copious volumes of new research data and new diet drugs. This series is meant to expose the scandalous use of expensive and ineffective drugs, and show how cheaper and more effective drugs have been largely overlooked.