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Taking a specific dose of creatine monohydrate by mouth during a night of little sleep may help maintain faster thinking in language, logic, and math tasks, reduce feelings of tiredness, and help...
In healthy older adults, using elastic bands for strength training with fast, intentional movements leads to bigger improvements in arm strength than swimming or water-based exercises.
Taking 3 grams of creatine daily for 16 weeks may lower markers of oxidative stress and inflammation and improve how healthy older adults feel, even without exercise.
Taking 3 grams of creatine daily along with strength training that emphasizes speed and effort can raise levels of an antioxidant enzyme, lower markers of inflammation, and improve muscle strength...
In healthy older adults, exercising in water with high-intensity, fast-moving resistance movements leads to bigger decreases in markers of cellular stress and inflammation, and greater improvements...
In adults aged 65–75, a 16-week program of high-intensity resistance training using elastic bands or water-based exercises is associated with measurable improvements in brain health markers, reduced...
When mice lacking the myostatin gene are fed fewer calories, their fast-twitch muscle fibers shrink more than other types of muscle fibers.
Taking collagen peptides while doing strength training does not lead to greater increases in maximum strength in young men compared to strength training alone, even though it may increase muscle mass...
Taking collagen peptides while doing strength training leads to specific changes in muscle cells that support muscle function and repair, whereas taking a placebo during the same training only...
Taking collagen peptides during strength training increases specific types of collagen proteins in muscle tissue that don’t increase with training alone, indicating collagen supplements may uniquely...
In young men undergoing 12 weeks of muscle-building resistance training, taking collagen peptide supplements leads to a fivefold increase in the production of specific muscle proteins involved in...
In young men who exercise recreationally, taking 15 grams of collagen peptides daily along with a 12-week strength training program results in greater gains in muscle mass and more changes in muscle...
During sleep deprivation, taking more creatine (0.35 g/kg) leads to slightly better cognitive performance than taking less (0.2 g/kg), but the benefit does not increase beyond a certain dose,...
Taking a single dose of creatine before sleep deprivation does not make people feel less tired, which suggests that if creatine improves mental performance, it does so by directly supporting brain...
Vegetarians who are sleep-deprived show better performance in tasks requiring quick thinking and reaction time after taking a single dose of creatine, likely because their usual diet leads to lower...
After taking a single dose of creatine while sleep-deprived, females show better performance on tasks involving logic, attention, and language speed compared to males, suggesting biological...
Taking 0.2 grams of creatine monohydrate per kilogram of body weight as a single oral dose can reduce the decline in cognitive functions such as logical reasoning, numerical processing, language...
Taking collagen peptides after intense exercise does not lead to greater muscle repair or higher levels of a specific collagen marker compared to taking whey protein alone in young men.
After three weeks of eccentric resistance training, levels of a specific bone and tendon marker called P1NP rise by about 10% in healthy young men. Taking collagen peptide supplements does not make...
In fit young men, performing eccentric resistance training for three weeks leads to an 8% increase in vertical jump height and a 10% increase in knee extension strength, whether or not their protein...
One session of eccentric knee-extension exercise temporarily reduces knee strength by about 10% and increases a blood marker of muscle damage by 100% in healthy young men, but these changes return to...
When fit young men do a specific type of leg exercise for three weeks, getting 45 grams of whey protein daily improves muscle strength, power, and recovery just as much as getting 25 grams of whey...
Taking HMB-free acid supplements raises levels of HMB in the blood of older men, but this does not lead to greater improvements in muscle building, gene activity, or physical function than resistance...
In healthy men over 65, doing resistance exercises without any HMB-free acid supplements leads to measurable increases in muscle strength, muscle size, and lean tissue in the thighs after six weeks.