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  1. drtbear1967

    Amount of Rest Between Sets - more or less????

    Bodybuilders often employ short rest periods in an effort to promote gains in muscle size, but that’s probably not the best method. Studies such as this one show that using longer rest periods (3-minutes) is more effective for promoting gains in size and strength than short rest periods. This is...
  2. Iron Game

    Men, More Body Issues Than Ever

    Superheroes today are a lot more shredded than they used to be. The original Superman and Batman look almost willowy compared to our muscle-bursting modern-day versions. That’s no coincidence. America is in the midst of a cultural shift in terms of the ideal male body image, and as the ideal...
  3. Iron Game

    Testosterone Tested as Mood Drug--ANOTHER GOOD READ

    In the 1920s, long before the appearance of modern antidepressants, physicians tried to treat listless men with a serum of ground-up animal testes, which they imagined contained the essence of male virility. In the '40s and '50s, when that essence had been discovered and synthesized in a...
  4. Iron Game

    Anabolic/Androgenic Steroids and Aggression

    by Jack Darkes, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Director of Interventions, Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute, University of South Florida The following is a brief synopsis of a talk given at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA)...
  5. Iron Game

    Testosterone Tested as Mood Drug

    In the 1920s, long before the appearance of modern antidepressants, physicians tried to treat listless men with a serum of ground-up animal testes, which they imagined contained the essence of male virility. In the '40s and '50s, when that essence had been discovered and synthesized in a...
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    Forget racial profiling - now there's body profiling

    Muscle Profiling – Is Muscularity Evidence of a Crime? By Jack Darkes Muscularity (mesomorphy) has a long-time alleged association with negative characteristics such as assertiveness or even criminality (e.g., Sheldon, 1942). The modern pursuit of muscle has also been demonized via...
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