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It’s been well established that a high carb diet is needed to fuel performance. Once the competition, game or training session has finished, it’s highly advised that you consume carbohydrates to start replenishing the fuel used. Under normal circumstances, rates of glycogen replenishment post exercise becomes accelerated due to the muscle ability to uptake more carbohydrates on

‘Tis But A Scratch’ The Black Knight in Monty Python may get away with a flesh wound, but the athlete who needs to compete at the highest of levels cannot. It’s been reported that the greater number of training sessions an athlete misses, the less success they’ll achieve in their career. Therefore, an athlete’s greatest

Today we find out if a few cans of full fat Coke actually enhances performance, or whether this is simple enduro folklore? Is it their belief that a can of coke will boost performance due to its sugar and caffeine content? Or is it the fact that they simply crave a can of coke? Either

Today, we’re talking about DOMS. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a consequence of exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) – I.e. you subject the muscle to a large stimulus that it’s unfamiliar with and you become sore AF. As you’re probably aware, DOMS is usually associated with a temporary loss of muscle function and has

Today, we address the elephant in the room… ‘I’ve hit a fat loss plateau’‘My metabolism is damaged’ Granted, you do get metabolic adaptation to weight loss which can vary from person to person and cause rates of fat loss to decline. However, there’s a more prominent issue as to why you’re not making progress…your inability to track your

Today we’re answering a very common question that many athletes have… ‘How quickly can I lose body fat?’ When it comes to dropping body fat, we need to consume fewer calories than we expend – this is fat loss 101. However, many athletes get the magnitude of the calorie deficit wrong. From experience, athletes will