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Does beet juice help you perform beyond endurance? Can olive oil protect physical function as we age? And, can mango reduce training-related inflammation? These three new studies examine how diet-based...
Athletic performance and recovery both rely on proper hydration, but your approach to hydration should match the type of training you're doing. Whether powering through short, intense sessions or enduring...
These three studies explore whether antioxidants help or hinder training adaptation, how energy drinks may be affecting sleep and diet quality in young athletes, and whether extra carbs actually drive...
Most athletes don’t arrive at competition underprepared. They arrive overthinking their data. Scrolling through training logs the week of competition won’t give you certainty. It won’t guarantee a PR. It...
Not all supplements are created equal, and the research makes that clearer every year. These three studies look at which supplements actually move the needle for cyclists, whether leucine can...
Graham Wood shares what starting triathlon after 30 taught him about consistency, recovery, and building long-term athletic performance.
Nutrition affects far more than just performance, and these three studies explore whether creatine truly poses any safety risks, whether beetroot supports brain health over time, and how overall diet...
Creatine is one of the most researched and effective supplements available, but recent claims promoting daily “megadoses” of 20g or more aren’t supported by the science. Creatine works by saturating...
These three studies dive into the nuances of fueling. From showing that carbs can still improve performance without being swallowed, to reframing bonking as a blood-sugar problem rather than empty...
Growing up in Cape Town immersed in team sports, Graham Wood avoided running altogether, gravitating toward cricket and the structure, competition, and camaraderie it offered. Years later, when running became...
These three studies dig into what creatine actually does in the short and long term: from how quickly it starts to work, to whether it affects sleep, performance, cognition, and...
Adaptive Weightlifting World Champion Samantha Love offers a deeper, behind-the-scenes look at what it truly takes to train, recover, and compete at the highest level of Olympic weightlifting as an...