Vitamins are essential for good health. This much we can agree on, but then things quickly become murky. There is so much information, contradictory research and advertising out there about the vitamin needs of endurance athletes, and how they can

. Athletes everywhere are using it, with good reason. According to manufacturers’ labels, loading up on creatine for several days boosts muscle strength and sprint performance. When taken for a few weeks, creatine may even pump up muscle size.All of this hype

are designed to build speed, endurance, and strength but they do more than improve your VO2 max and your lactate threshold. "The trick is maintaining good running action and form under the stress of increased fatigue," says George Gandy, director of athletics

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Vitamins are essential for good health. This much we can agree on, but then things quickly become murky. There is so much information, contradictory research and advertising out there about the vitamin needs of endurance athletes, and how

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for endurance athletes. Several well-designed studies suggest that supplemental BCAAs may improve your exercise performance and help prevent the muscle damage that can occur with heavy training.BCAAs, along with 17 other amino acids, are the building blocks

ginseng on a group of female athletes. Each athlete took either 200 milligrams of ginseng extract or a placebo daily for 8 weeks. The women then pedaled to exhaustion on stationary bikes while being monitored for performance factors during and immediately

schedule. It can help athletes maintain optimum health and keep joints supple and flexible.Running can be particularly hard on the cartilage in your joints; constant pounding can cause wear and tear.Sport can also increase production of free radicals. Up

Q. I've been drafted in a race. How do I deal with this?A. Drafting on the bike leg is an occasional unwanted occurrence in triathlon in which another athlete sits directly behind you during the bike leg, thereby reducing their air resistance, which