Tips to Help Kids Make Healthy Food Choices Nutrition 101: Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition The Dangerous Effects of Under-Fueling: Energy Deficiency in Sport Importance of Good Nutrition for Young Female Athletes Products mentioned in this episode:Pre-Workout Elite;Creatine;Vitamin D Test;Collagen...
Chances are, there’s been a time in your gym experience where you’ve considered working as a personal trainer because you love fitness. That is a fantastic starting point because, who doesn’t want to make a career out of wearing gym clothes and spending hours breathing a mix ofcreatined...
As training volume increases, there is going to be a high creatine kinase (CK) production as a result of longer training bouts and an increase in cortisol as well. Plyometrics might have low DOMs and CK production, but top-end strength exercises might make your athlete a little sore. This...
Supplements are as the name imply just that – a supplement to your training and diet. If building muscle is 80% training and 20% diet, then supplement would be maybe 1% of the diet part. Because the two best supplements to build muscle (whey and creatine) are present in food. ...
A week or two away from training won’t have much impact, and you should be able to return to the gym where you left off. But, skip your workouts for a few months, and loss of size and strength will be quite noticeable. Again, some people lose muscle more slowly than others. Still...
athletes introduce substantial stressors from the cellular level on up to the entire musculoskeletal, neuromuscular and endocrine systems. That stress manifests itself in the stress hormone cortisol, muscle breakdown that can be measured via creatine kinase levels, thyroid and sex hormone variation, cha...
platform franchises, such as ‘Fit At Any Age’, where we showcase the women proving that age is no barrier to exercise. She has also represented the brand on BBC Radio London, plus various podcasts and Substacks – all with the aim to encourage more women to exercise and show them ...
A sudden increase in workload on calves due to hikes or sports In most cases, depending on the cause of muscle soreness, it is possible to reduce the risk of sore calves. Common preventive measures include: Slow and steady Increase the intensity of any activity or sport gradually, rather ...
extracellular fluid volume status (ECFV) with interstitial edema and expanded total plasma and blood volume, in contrast with patients with “true hypovolemia”. The corresponding clinical picture is one of non- maximally diluted urine and an excessive water load will inevitably give rise to ...
It was previously shown that β-guanidinopropionic acid (β-GPA) (a competitive creatine phosphokinase inhibitor) administration can lead to a greater expenditure of ATP and an increase in AMPK phosphorylation [35]. As an increase in AMPK phosphorylation in rat soleus muscle re...