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Endurance Athletes Carbs your Best Buddies

Endurance Athletes - Carbs are your Best Buddies

For accomplishing your training goals, in the first place, you need to understand the importance of a well-balanced diet. Many food combinations can help you achieve your goals, but others can make that journey more difficult. When you train hard, and for long periods, you need a plan that suits your organism's needs. Meals that will reduce the inflammation, and muscle fatigue, for you to be able to recover faster. Drinks that will balance your...

Supplement your Endurance

Doing exercise and working up a sweat requires a good supply of nutrients. People who do sports, therefore, need to pay more attention to their nutrient intake. A high-quality basic supply of nutrients is the perfect training aid and a beneficial combination of amino acids. It also provides numerous vitamins and minerals. Certain micronutrients can support us depending on the sport and specific needs. Draw on unlimited resources. Whether it's hiking, walking, or even long-distance running...

plant based diet benefits for endurance athletes

Plant based diet can benefit endurance athletes

Plant-based diet benefits. An option for endurance athletes? You are an endurance athlete and would like to switch to a plant-based diet? No problem, we at traininmeals.org can make that transition smooth with carefully created meals to keep your energy levels high and ease the post-workout muscle recovery. Many endurance athletes are still not convinced that a plant-based diet can improve their performance thinking that it could reduce their...

Importance of hydration for endurance athlete

The Importance of Hydration for Your Athletic Performance

Are you searching for a way to boost your athletic performance? Then you are in the right place. Hydration plays an important role in the performance of an endurance athlete. Despite this being a piece of common knowledge, only a few athletes use this option to boost their performance in the track. Naturally, our body has over 50% water. In which, 60-70% quantity in men while 55-65% in women. During exercise/competition, our body tends to lose some of the water in the...

Higher, faster and further with magnesium

Magnesium is crucial for sportsmen and -women. It plays a role in muscle and bone function, drives protein synthesis and is also involved in your immunity as well as your respiratory health. Magnesium is also essential for the recovery from oxidative stress. As a result, the magnesium status is likely to be of importance in the athletic population for whom bone health and optimal muscular, immune and respiratory function is a requirement for consistent training and...

Free radicals and antioxidants are everywhere. Should I Care?

Probably there are no terms related to diet and health mentioned so often in recent years as free radicals and antioxidants. From commercials, scientific articles, to TV shows, antioxidants stand out as vital substances with numerous positive effects on our health as they neutralize free radicals. But what are they and what is their connection with endurance sports? Let's start with free radicals. They are the products of chemical processes, such as...

Micronutrient Recommendations for Athletes – Aside from the Classics

No topic in the sports sector is more discussed than that of nutritional supplements. Since (supposedly) everyone has a say, normal conversations quickly turn into shop talk and typical sports colleagues quickly become ardent advocates of a certain supplement or micronutrient. Over decades, a multitude of nutritional supplement myths have emerged - with immediate consequences: many...

You are an endurance athlete, right? Eat Turmeric!

As an endurance athlete, you may wonder if there is something other than anti-inflammatory medicines, ice packs, massages, etc. that can help you out with delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). As the famous quote, "Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food," says, you can often find relief in eating the right foods. Turmeric spice is a real go-to for so many reasons, especially for endurance athletes. So, what is turmeric...

protein alternative fuel for endurance Athletes

Can Protein Fuel Your Endurance Performance?

For the human body to keep working in tip-top condition, it requires and consumes many nutrients. One of the most essential nutrients is protein. Protein for endurance athletes is mostly overlooked in one way or the other. In this article, we will talk about: Is protein beneficial only for weightlifters? How does protein help with endurance exercise? How does protein work? Common nutritional wisdom for endurance athletes. Myths about protein consumption. What is...

9 Ways Gut Health Impacts Athletic Performance

The gut microbiome has a significant impact on our physiology and a tremendous effect on performance. These microbes that live inside and on the surface of our bodies protect us in many ways. They carry out metabolic and nutritional activities, protect us from pathogens, and stimulate our immune system.

Probiotics: can they improve your athletic performance?

Did you know that our body’s entire surface in contact with the external environment is covered with microbes? Many bacteria, viruses, fungi live in symbiosis with the human body. The best example is our immune system; if the balance between the gut microbiota and our body is disrupted, it can result in inflammation, changes in metabolic processes, and lead to many diseases.

Glutamine: Benefits, Uses, and Side Effects

There is a continuous discussion among scientists about how to supercharge for endurance training and recover adequately. Carbohydrates are the main fuel for exercising muscles, but they are just one of the pieces needed to close the circle and bring you one step closer to your peak performance. To optimize your performance, you need to concentrate on many aspects.