PumptheIron – Body Building Blog

T-BOL is a new natural test boosting product by ThermoLife that Robbie Durand MA, of Muscular Development wrote a product review on that is worth reading if you are a bodybuilder who uses such supplements. The most informative thing that stuck out to me about Mr. Durand’s article, was his review of the ingredient profile that makes up T-BOL. T-BOL includes a new type of tribulus, Tribulus Alatus (versus Tribulus Terrestris) that I find to be very note worthy seeing as tribulus products are an entire section of the supplement market in themselves. The other ingredients profiled are:

• Eurycoma Longifolia (Longjack)
• Resveratrol
• Urtica Dioica (Stinging Nettle)
• Forskolin (Carbolin 19)
• Zinc
• Bioprin
• Lecithin

The significance of a review for these products is that most natural test boosting products on the market today include all or most of these ingredients. Often times, bodybuilders purchase natural test boosting supplements with these common ingredients but do not know the function of the listed ingredients. Here are some other top selling natural test boosting products that contain many of the ingredients listed above, compare them for yourself:

This article’s purpose is to provide a profile of the many ingredients that are shared in natural testosterone boosting supplements. This is not a ThermoLife, T-BOL sales pitch. I have chosen to post Robbie Durand’s article about T-BOL because of the in depth look at a product (T-BOL) that contains the host of ingredients that are commonly associated with natureal test boosters.

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ThermoLife also claims that T-BOL can be used as PCT (Post Cycle Therapy) after pro hormone or steroid use. Whether or not that is a legitimate claim by this company, is for the individual to determine.  

Article Referenced From Muscular Development Magazine

Arachidonic acid is thought to enhance androgen receptor sensitivity and amplify training related muscle inflammation, in turn magnifying hypertrophy.

Arachidonic acid is a prime ingredient in many popular bodybuilding non-pro hormone ‘anabolic’ supplements such as: Universal’s Animal Test, Gaspari Nutrition’s Halodrol Liquigels, Axis Labs’ Hemodraulix, iForce Nutrition’s Max Out, and Molecular Nutrition’s X-Factor.

Inflamed muscles may be good, but inflammation in your joints can be crippling to a bodybuilder. As with all supplements, consuming the correct dosage of a product will decide whether or not it is beneficial or detrimental. The dosages of arachidonic acid contained in the supplements listed above may or may not be the ideal amount to supplement with, but if in your efforts to consume copious amounts of lean protein you are eating several servings of farm raised tilapia & catfish, then you may be ingesting unhealthy amounts of arachidonic acid that may lead to problems such as joint inflammation or tendinitis.

Deep down we all knew farmed raised fish had to be different than wild fish, and that this source of lean(est) protein was too good to be true. Turns out, farm raised tilapia and catfish contain surprisingly high amounts of inflammation inducing arachidonic acid.

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Article by Robbie Durand, MA

Muscular Development Magazine

Once you achieve the Pump during your workout, you are officially in the zone, primed up to pump iron with an intensity that you don’t just walk around with all day long. Achieving the Pump, is an art of bodybuilding all in its own. The Pump isn’t some bodybuilding phenomenon, but a highly sought after state of being that all bodybuilders search for every time they enter the gym. What would bodybuilding be without the Pump? Would you still see legions of dedicated gym rats moving tons of iron week in and week out, night after night? I think not. When you are pumped, you are primed for war, with vascular muscles bursting out of your skin coupled with the feeling of invincible aggression that makes you attack the iron that seeks to crush you under its endless weight!

The supplement industry recognized that the Pump is indeed a real state of being and not a bodybuilding phenomenon, and also realized that they could put a price tag on it, creating a new supplement class known as Pre Workout Supplements. N.O. X-Plode has been the number one Pre Workout (Nitric Oxide & Muscle Builder Awards 2005-2008, BodyBuilding.com) supplement for the past 3 years.

So what is the relationship between the Pump and Pre Workout supplements like N.O. X-Plode, SuperPump250, and naNo Hardcore? The following is an excerpt of a research report written by Team Muscle Tech. I couldn’t have written it better, so here you go:

Without question, the pump- scientifically known as “exercise induced hyperaemia” – is one of the most critical factors to creating the most anabolic environment conducive to new growth. That’s why tons of bodybuilders use nitric oxide-boosting supplements containing L-arginine. The release of nitric oxide facilitates the relaxation of the endothelial cells- smooth muscles that line the blood vessels- thereby expanding the lumen of the blood vessel (the middle space of the vessel where blood flows through). As the lumen expands, blood flow is enhanced, resulting in peak vasodialation. Blood plasma is the primary channel through which nutrients, oxygen-rich red blood cells, amino acids and anabolic hormones such as testosterone, GH and IGF-1 are delivered to your starving muscles.

Therefore, by feeding your system more blood, you transport elevated amounts of the various muscle-building components necessary for new muscular development.

Oxygen is a prime example of how the Pump powers growth. Increasing the delivery of oxygen-rich blood to your growing muscles accelerates the speed at which your system is able to cleanse itself of muscle toxins such as ammonia. The removal of ammonia and other metabolites allows bodybuilders to recover quicker between sets and perform more repetitions, which could result in better growth stimulus and adaptive growth in response to micro-tears at the muscle fiber level.

Upon achieving maximum vasodialation, your body is also able to quickly deliver metabolized amino acids and nutrients derived from your pre- and post-workout  nutrition and shuttle them to your craving muscles. This allows for enhanced muscle recovery and growth. Scientificaly speaking, the anabolic power of the Pump cannot be denied!