Returning to the less scientific articles and something more specific about a product or ingredient in particular, in this article I found it very interesting to talk a little more deeply about a very good supplement that is coming back to hit hard among athletes in general and strength athletes in particular, this is the HMB which is the first name of the β-Hydroxy-β-Methyl-Butyrate.

I'm sure you've heard of it, but there is a bit of controversy about its effects and its mechanisms of action, so much so that these mechanisms are still not exactly known. Well, that's not what matters to us, because the interesting thing is the effects it produces and how they can help us to make progress.

What is HMB?

It is the abbreviation for the acid β-Hydroxy-β-MethylButanoic acidwhose stable and marketable form is calcium salt, i.e. the β-Hydroxy-β-Methyl-Butyrate of calcium, which we know as HMB