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Since 1990 more people in America are exercising than ever before. An even stronger trend in the nineties is resistance training (http://members.xoom.com/duranman/index.html). Resistance training has shown numerous positive health effects. These include weight ....

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.... athletic than the rest of us, no matter how hard we try. For decades people have turned to nutritional supplements to give them an edge in athletics. However, this was most limited to vitamins, minerals, and the ever popular “weight gainer”, which consisted mostly of sugar and protein. Similarly, people who wanted to loose weight looked to magical pills composed of tropical plants, strange chemicals, or chromium picolinate. Though there may be benefits in taking some of these supplements, none gave the user the results they were really looking for. In 1993, a seemingly “magical powder” was released that claimed to add strength and power, ....