The future of bodybuilding may not be in the weight room of your local gym, but in a researcher’s laboratory. Scientists are listening to your body rhythms to help you enhance your performance tomorrow. There are a few body rhythms affecting our bodies. Seasonal rhythms are felt at a specific time of year. We’ve all had “spring fever” and some of us get seasonal affective disorder, which causes depression during the shortened days of winter. Infradian rhythms last longer than a twenty-four hour cycle. The menstruation in women is a perfect example. Then there’s the Circadian rhythm, which follows a twenty-four hour cycle such as wakefulness and sleep. Scientists are studying these rhythms. That research will eventually help bodybuilders to enhance their performance. You see, our biological clocks take their cue from the environment and the pulse of our planet as day turns to ...

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