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How to Optimise Recovery Fast

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Your Comprehensive Guide on How to Optimize Recovery Stress + Recovery = Growth! This applies to all forms of growth - physical, mental or emotional. The problem is that we...

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⁠Marathon Fuelling Guide: Essential Nutrition Tips

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Improve your marathon nutrition. Understand what, when and how to fuel and hydrate before, during and after your marathon with these fuelling and hydration strategies. Train hard and fuel smart...

Upper Limits of Protein Intake

Upper Limits of Protein Intake

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Upper Limits of Protein Intake The history of protein intake and digestion   A recent study from Luc van Loon’s lab has challenged the notion that our bodies can only...

Understanding Carbohydrates

Understanding Carbohydrates

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Understanding carbohydrates   What are carbohydrates? Carbohydrates are a macronutrient along with protein and fat. They are essential for a vast amount of cellular activity such as brain and nervous...

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How to Fuel for your Sport

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How to Fuel for your Sport For the longest time, athletes prioritised training for their sport and fuelling was a secondary consideration. Yet, fuelling can give you the edge and...

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How to work out your sweat rate

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Our sweat mechanism is our natural and most efficient way of cooling our body down. When our bodies heat up and reach a threshold we begin to sweat.  Sweat rates...