http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com Picking Apart Sports Nutrition, Fitness and Exercise Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it seems it exists... I just recently found out about it... and I already ordered a bottle. It's called Palatinose. The chemical name is Isomaltulose. Palatinose is actually as close as it can get chemically to table sugar - sucrose. The only difference chemically is a little tweak with the bond ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/the-best-post-workout-carbohydrate/ I was just reading an article about the damages in the muscle during an eccentric muscle contraction compared to concentric contraction. I've known for a long time that eccentric contractions cause a lot greater micro damages in the working muscle. I also knew why that happens - because during the eccentric ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/concentric-and-eccentric-contractions-force-and-speed/ Spending so many hours a week as an employee at the Vitamin Shoppe oftentimes gives me the time to read and research supplements and supplement ingredients. The other day, following the request of a customer, I read about Acai - the popular drink with high antioxidant properties. I read something that ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/the-acai-hearts-of-palm-connection/ British researchers found that boiling cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower) destroys the glucosinolates, contained in them. In the body glucosinolates are converted to isothiocyanates - fighting compounds. Their study showed that stir-frying, microwaving for up to 3 min or steaming for up to 20 min didn't show significant reduction ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/boiling-vegetables-diminishes-their-nutritional-value/ I was reading recently my fitness magazine and a stumbled upon a little not, mentioning several websites, each of them providing some type of cool service for active people, who travel a lot. One of them was the google's gmap pedometer. I have to admit that it took me a few minutes ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-googles-gmap-pedometer/ One of my members asked about Russian Lunges the other day. He said he's been doing forward and reverse (backward) lunges, but he didn't know what Russian lunges are and how to do them. So, I thought I'd post here quiclkly a short description if you happen to wonder the same ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/russian-lunges/ I remember about 7 - 8 years ago I used to train in the evening and there was nothing that could make me change my habit. That's what I thought... I don't remember exactly but it must have been an evening job that made me re-train myself and start training early ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/what-is-the-best-time-for-a-workout/ Knowing your body fat percentage helps you in a lot of aspects. Most importantly that's how you find out to which group you belong - lean, average, overweight or obese. It helps you craft a more precise daily calorie intake, so that for example if you fall in the category of ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/how-to-caculate-bodyfat-with-tape-measure/ I can't believe how often people try to find answers to this question and how there is no info on how long it takes for someone, who trains to see results. I will do my best to give you some answers, but first we have to make an important distinction - Are ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/how-long-does-it-take-to-see-results-from-bodybuilding/ You know, I never asked myself this question before. I've always known that oils don't have fiber at all. But then I also know that flax seed is one of the best sources of fiber that a person can find out there... So, I had to check to see if there ... http://www.blog.ivannikolov.com/index.php/archive/how-much-fiber-is-in-a-tablespoon-of-flax-seed-oil/