Q: I've heard some good things about Glutamine. Do you think it's worth the money?
A: I regularly supplement my protein drinks with a dash of glutamine. It's great stuff. It has been shown to decrease the protein breakdown during training, increase protein synthesis, boost your immune system, and increase your natural levels of growth hormone. Nowadays it has come down in price quite a lot, so there's really no reason not to supplement with it. I buy it in 1,000 gram cans for $50, and it lasts me for about two months. I think the best way to take it is to simply mix in a teaspoon with your regular protein drinks during the day. But make sure that you get the real thing if you go bargain-hunting on the web: If they can't produce proof that you're getting what you're paying for, go someplace else.
Q: My calves just refuses to grow even though I train them every day. What am I doing wrong?
A: I think you're suffering acute Calfius Lazyitis, and the only known remedy is to start seriously prioritizing your calves! If you train them every day, I bet it's a few sloppy sets at the end of the regular workout, right? Instead, start treating them like you treat your pecs - hit'em once a week, and hit'em HARD! No diddlying around with some light calf-raises, I'm talking straight sets with heavy weights and sufficient stretching in between. If you hit your chest with a total 8 sets, then that's what you do for calves. If you're pyramiding chest, you're pyramiding calves and so on. You get the idea. When you've brought your calves to the agony of exhaustion hell and back - twice - you stretch thoroughly a last time, and then you let them rest for a full week until next time. By then, you should be fully recovered and be able to hit them hard again, and just like bofore - what goes for the chest, goes for the calves.
