I recently read an article in a bodybuilding magazine where the author said the supplement CoQ10 was a great bodybuilding supplement. Do you know if that's true?
I've been studying bodybuilding and practicing it for over 15 years. I've reviewed feedback from, or personally interviewed, literally thousands of bodybuilders in an effort to discover what works and what doesn't. Yet, in all the years I've been at this, and out of all the people I've talked to and received feedback from, no one, not a single person, has ever told me they thought CoQl0 helped their bodybuilding efforts in any way, shape, or form. I have personally used CoQl0 without noticing any results whatsoever.
I've also reviewed all the scientific literature I have access to and have seen no peer-reviewed, published studies, no abstracts, no scientific data of any kind that leads me to believe that when CoQl0 is used by bodybuilders it produces an increase in lean body mass and/or strength. The data just doesn't exist!
This is not to say that CoQl0 does not seem to have some interesting metabolic effects which might be of interest to endurance athletes and/or those seeking efficacious life-extension supplements.