Category: Sports
Echinacea not an effective endurance sports supplement
Runners who take 8 g Echinacea extract every day for six weeks don't even add a millisecond to their speed, and don't increase their oxygen uptake eit [...]
Green tea speeds up muscle recovery after heavy training
Green tea supplements don't just protect muscles during heavy physical exertion. The catechins in tea also speed up recovery after exercise. An animal [...]
Beetroot concentrate makes team sport players faster
It probably doesn't matter whether you play hockey, football, rugby or volleyball. According to the human study published by sports scientist at the U [...]
Resveratrol reduces effect of interval training
Men aged between 60 and 72, who do interval training twice a week, will reduce the effect of their efforts if they take supplements containing resvera [...]
Ferulic acid improves performance over a period of consecutive days
It's found in coffee, but also in oranges, peanuts and apples. According to an animal study done by nutritionists at Chonnam National University in Ko [...]
CoQ10 supplementation makes explosive movements a little faster
You can boost your speed by taking 100 mg of the co-enzyme Q10 every day. To be more precise: your ability to perform fast and explosive movements [...]
Creatine dissolved in water works a little better than powder form
Strength athletes who dissolve their creatine in fluid react a little better to the supplement than athletes who take their creatine in powder form. [...]
Strength training speeds up 3k and 5k runners too
You don't need a university degree to realise that sprinters can benefit from doing strength training. But you might not have expected that runner [...]
Beta-Alanine works better if you take it with meals
Athletes will benefit more and faster from a beta-alanine supplement [structural formula shown here, above] if they take the amino acid during meals [...]
Judokas can manage just fine without creatine malate
According to sports supplement manufacturers, creatine malate makes athletes stronger and faster, but not heavier. The latter claim is true backed u [...]
During strength training BCAA’s protect the muscles better when combined with taurine
Strength athletes that are positive about BCAA's, but are looking for a supplement that works a little better, should try combining their BCAAs with [...]
MSM speeds up post-weight training recovery
MSM, full name methylsulfonylmethane, may be an interesting supplement for strength athletes. Sports scientist Douglas Kalman of the University of Me [...]
IGF-1 use widespread among sprinters
DES-IGF-1 - The fastest athletes on the planet have discovered IGF-1. In just a few years' time, the anabolic peptide hormone that still eludes the d [...]
Ursolic acid is an all round sports supplement
Ursolic Acid
Supplements companies market ursolic acid as a bodybuilding supplement. And with reason, for animal studies show that the compound, whic [...]
Leucine is not a panacea
Leucine is an interesting amino acid that boosts the anabolic effect of proteins. Nevertheless, a shake containing 25 g whey isolate still works bet [...]
