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With chocolate milk suggested as a possible post-workout drink, with both protein and carbohydrate, researchers set out to determine the acute changes in testosterone and isometric strength with some post-exercise chocolate cow’s and goat’s milk.1 Twelve, healthy college-aged men performed a back squat consisting of 5 sets of 8 reps over three separate exercise trials. After each trial, they drank either 1 cup of cow’s milk, 1.5 cups of goat’s milk, or 1.5 cups of water,...

Ironically, I am pretty darn sore right now. A leg workout from 2 days ago has made taking the stairs and sitting on the toilet a bit more deliberate! Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) has definitely kicked in – but could I have prevented this soreness if I had stretched after my workout? Soreness To get everyone on the same page, soreness is a general term for the fatigue and discomfort in the muscles that results from...