How Can We Avoid the Negative Effects of a Training Break?
Maintaining some training intensity during a holiday break can limit detraining and help preserve aerobic fitness, strength and repeated-sprint capacity.
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Ketone Supplements in Athletes: Do They Work?
Ketone supplements are currently one of the “trending topics” among athletes, especially in cycling. There are many rumors indicating that these su...
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KETOGENIC DIETS: EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE AND BODY COMPOSITION
Ketogenic diets increase fat oxidation but are not currently supported for improving strength or endurance performance and may compromise muscle-ma...
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Nutritional Strategies and Muscle Recovery: Part 3
Part three reviews antioxidant-rich foods, polyphenols and targeted supplements that may reduce exercise-induced muscle damage and support recovery.
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HIGH-INTENSITY TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH OBESITY
HIIT and moderate continuous training can both improve body composition and cardiometabolic health in people with overweight or obesity, but HIIT r...
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Nutritional Strategies and Muscle Recovery: Part 2
Part two examines how dehydration, hyperthermia and oxidative stress may intensify exercise-induced muscle damage and delay recovery.
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Beef Protein in Elite Triathletes: New Study
As we have mentioned on previous occasions, protein plays a fundamental role in the performance of any athlete, including endurance athletes. Prote...
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A NEW SPORTS-NUTRITION APPROACH: STOMACH AND DIGESTIVE-SYSTEM TRAINING
Stomach and digestive-system training aims to help endurance athletes tolerate high carbohydrate intakes during exercise to support performance and...
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Nutritional Strategies for Muscle Recovery: Part I
Beyond energy, hydration, carbohydrate and protein, this review examines selected foods and supplements that may support muscle repair and recovery...
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Applications of Training Load Quantification
How coaches can quantify training load across sessions and cycles to monitor fatigue, plan recovery and prepare athletes for competition.
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What Is the Limit of Sustained Energy Expenditure in Humans?
Human energy expenditure cannot remain indefinitely high. This article compares metabolic limits across pregnancy and endurance events of different...
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HEADING TO THE MOUNTAINS? ENERGY MATTERS MORE THAN EVER
Altitude raises resting and exercise energy expenditure while often suppressing appetite, increasing the risk of energy deficit, weight loss and lo...
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