Heavy resistance training and supplementation with the alleged testosterone booster NMDA has no effect on body composition, muscle performance, and serum hormones associated with the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in resistance-trained males

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 192-199

  Willoughby, Darryn S ^a   Spillane, Mike ^a   Schwarz, Neil ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D Aspartic Acid; N Methyl D Aspartic Acid; Resistance training; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892873334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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