Amino Acid Leucine Also Boosts Muscle Recovery After Exercise, Researchers Find By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News Aug. 19, 2011 — Eating or drinking protein after exercise can help muscle recovery and growth, experts agree. What’s still debated is which proteins work best. Whey protein appears to be better than casein protein, according to [...]
How would you like to get a summer workout without getting sweaty? The rise in the heat index around the country has everyone heading to the pool to cool off. You can use your time in the pool to improve your flexibility, fitness, cardiovascular conditioning and limit the impact on your joints. The pool workout [...]
Sports Science Exchange Roundtable 46 SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 12 NUMBER 4 Training sessions and competitions can make you feel totally exhausted. If you don’t recover properly, you will not be ready to perform well during the next training period or competition. A failure to recover adequately can eventually lead to overtraining and staleness. What is optimal [...]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 11, 2010) — Consuming energy drinks during team sports could help young people perform better, a study suggests. Sports scientists found that 12-14 year olds can play for longer in team games when they drink an isotonic sports drink before and during games. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh measured the performance of [...]
Adapted from the Teen Nutrition Blueprint When you get the quality sleep you need, your body is refreshed, your mind is clear, and you generally feel more optimistic about everything. When you are sleep-deprived, you become sluggish, less responsive and can even feel depressed. Lack of sleep is blamed for such ailments as depression, hypertension, [...]
by Gatorade Sports Science Institute How often should you drink fluids? Staying hydrated is very important for athletic performance so it is important to drink fluids on a regular basis ? before, during and after exercise. Drink on a schedule not just when you?re thirsty because by the time you?re thirsty, you?re already dehydrated. Before [...]
Some of the great weight lifters and boxers from the early 1900s trained in the back saloons. Typically, they would drink beer, do a few reps or box a round, then drink some more. While this makes for a great story, it’s lousy way to train. Dr. C.H. Lang and colleagues from Penn State University [...]
We get dozens of questions on this topic on a daily basis. Its a supplement that is highly misunderstood by most of the athletic population. Former National Strength and Conditioning Association Vice-President and ISSN CEO Jose Antonio does an excellent job of describing Creatine, its structure and recommended use. Share and Enjoy:
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