Muscle cramping during exercise is a common problem among athletes that involves sudden, involuntary and painful muscle contraction during or after exercise. The occurrence of cramps is quite ...

Caffeine is both a drug and a nutrient. A cup of coffee in the morning is used to wake up a cup in the evening is often used to work or study late. Athletes often use it to improve endurance ...

Carbohydrate intake during exercise can enhance endurance exercise performance. but should it be frequent sips or less regular larger amounts?

We are constantly bombarded with scary messages about sugar being a silent killer or the cause of obesity. We also hear that athletes need to take gels and drinks that contain sugars. To address this ...

After the previous blog where we discussed what sugars are, in this blog we will look at the role of sugar for energy provision. We will discuss the biochemistry in simple terms, as well as ...

Carbohydrate recommendations during exercise are provided in grams per hour. A study challenged this notion, but is there enough evidence to change recommendations?

Sodium is said to be important for athletes, and different arguments are used to explain why it is so essential. We will dive into the evidence a little more but the infographic below will already ...

Athletes use, drinks, gels, bars, fruits and other forms of carbohydrate. But what is the best way to take carbohydrate?

Guidelines 10 years ago stated that carbohydrate intake during exercise should be 30-60 grams per hour, this developed to intakes of 90 g/h in some situations, but recently a paper was published that ...

Female athletes are given sex-specific recommendations for training around the menstrual cycle. This blog describes findings from a recent study to outline whether there is sufficient evidence to make ...

In new Spanish study appeared in the European Journal of Nutrition about the role of caffeine and fat burning (oxidation).

Cold-water immersion is one of the most popular and frequently applied recovery strategies. However, if your aim is to increase gains in muscle mass, how good is it then to immerse yourself in such an ...