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Sport Training

Childhood Fitness and Future Cardiovascular Health

11.12.2019 / maq

How cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength during childhood and adolescence are associated with health later in life.

Sport Training

Supplements Used in Football

29.11.2019 / maq

Evidence and practical guidance on creatine use in football, including repeated-sprint performance, dosing, individual response and potential weigh...

Sport Training

Eat More and Better, Perform Better

20.11.2019 / maq

Low energy availability can impair health, recovery and performance. This article explains why athletes need intake matched to training and competi...

Sport Training

Running Is Associated with Lower Mortality Risk

15.11.2019 / maq

Research involving more than 200.000 people links running, even once per week, with a lower risk of mortality from all causes in adults.

Training Guidelines

Caffeine and Performance: Is One Coffee Enough?

13.11.2019 / maq

As we have discussed on previous occasions, caffeine can have very positive effects on performance, and in fact very recent evidence provides even ...

Training Guidelines

A New Pre-Competition Tapering Strategy

28.10.2019 / maq

The optimization of training load before a competition is very important to try to achieve maximum performance during it. A common approach is to i...

Sport Training

Beef Protein Supplementation Improves Strength and Muscle Mass

18.10.2019 / maq

Protein supplementation has been widely shown to be an effective strategy for increasing muscle mass and strength when combined with physical exerc...

Sport Training

Beta Alanine: How to Get the Most Out of It?

11.10.2019 / maq

Beta-alanine supports muscle carnosine synthesis and intracellular pH buffering. This article reviews dosing, duration and other variables that can...

Training Guides and advice

Supplementation and Adaptations to Endurance Training

26.09.2019 / maq

Resistance training produces adaptations both at the cellular and systemic level that allow performance at a certain intensity with less physiologi...

Training

Bitter Taste of Caffeine and Performance

20.09.2019 / maq

Caffeine is one of the most recognized and used ergogenic aids worldwide due to its effects on improving performance in various sports disciplines,...