Squid Shirt Keeps track of your workouts
Students at Northeastern University have put an array of electrodes inside a compression shirt. The shirt is part of system called Squid. The Squid includes a smartphone app and an exercise tracking site. Squid can monitor and gauge muscle activity and count reps so you don’t have to keep track of them manually. The shirt [...]
Examining Leucine and the use of BCAAs for Fitness
Branched chain amino acids, better known as BCAA’s in the fitness world, play a pivotal role in strength and physique improvements. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and BCAA’s are essentially comprised of leucine, isoleucine, and valine. These amino acids make up about 1/3 of the skeletal muscle in the body. Serious bodybuilders [...]
Top 5 Tips when Buying a Home Gym
A home gym can be one of the most costly of purchases of any piece of exercise equipment. Get the right one and you will have a friend for life: a faithful servant that will take any beating and grow and adapt to your fitness needs. Get it wrong and you’ll end up with an [...]
