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Share One of my very first Blog posts written 5 years ago was titled The Top 5 Supplements to Take (or top 3 if you are on a budget). OTC (over-the-counter) supplements for athletes come in 3 different categories: (1) for health reasons, (2) for recovery, and (3) performance. There’s a 4th category, and that’s [...]
Share When I wrote about Methylhexaneamine and Supplement Contamination last fall, I didn’t expect death. Getting banned from your sport is one thing… dying trying is another! In a recent article from the NY Times (if it’s the in the NY Times, it must be true, right? heh heh), they reported the United States Army [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Amol Saxena, a Podiatrist at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation near Stanford. Visit Dr. Saxena’s website at www.amolsaxena.com Navicular stress fractures by Amol Saxena, DPM Until recently, little has been known about these injuries. Unfortunately they often get mis-diagnosed as arch pain, plantar fasciitis and various strains, or [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Brett Warren, a Biochemical Engineer from Force Factor. The Importance of PH Balance in the Athletic Body With all the talk you hear these days about physical fitness, proper nutrition, balanced diet, good body maintenance, energy sustenance, strength, stamina, and staying in shape, how much do you hear [...]
Share This is part 6 of a multi part series. Part 1 was the ESPN radio interview. Part 2 looked at the history of Ethical Cheating or Ergogenic Aids and some of the disgusting food choices. Part 3 discussed coffee and caffeine. Part 4 discussed Nootropics. Part 5 discussed baking soda and beta alanine. Let’s [...]
Share This is part 5 of a multi part series. Part 1 was the ESPN radio interview. Part 2 looked at the history of Ethical Cheating or Ergogenic Aids and some of the disgusting food choices. Part 3 discussed coffee and caffeine. Part 4 discussed Nootropics. Let’s go over some of the common products you [...]
Share If you read the series on the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon & Ultramarathon Part 1, you are probably wondering about the magic recovery gel that we used. This gel is not commercially available, so it doesn’t even have a name to it. I will let the creator tell his story below. The original idea [...]
Share Below is the audio and video from my radio appearance on ESPN (The Ticket) 1280AM yesterday. Many thanks to Ryan Foran of LivingtheRun.com for having me on the show Wednesday. The co-host is decathlete Paul Terek, a 2004 Olympian and on the USA World Championship team in ’03, ’05, ’07. Maybe I should title [...]
Share This is Part 2 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was Delaying Physical and Mental Fatigue with Phenylalanines & Tyrosine. So, what the heck is Quercetin? This is not be be confused with my Italian correspondent Roberto Quercetani who wrote the book World History of the One Lap Race (1850-2004) (which I highly recommend [...]
Share The consumer market is flooded with increased energy and mental alertness drinks and pills. Phenylalanines claims to promote energy, mental alertness, elevates mood, and enhances concentration. I will attempt to explain how and why this works. Without bringing back bad memories of College Biochemistry, here is the pathway (I’ll skip the enzymes for simplicity): [...]
Share Last year, I wrote about Tips on Preventing Leg Cramps while Sleeping. I also covered this topic briefly in Sports and Energy Drinks: The Complete Guide (start with Part 4 and go backwards from the links). But what about leg cramps while racing? First, what is a leg cramp? It’s a muscle cramp with [...]
Share After 1300 Blog articles, there is still one topic I haven’t addressed. That is: How to Avoid Vomiting or Throwing up after running 400 meters or hard special endurance training session. Actually, the 400 flat is not that painful. It’s the 3 x 325m all out, or split 500’s (300, 200) or even split [...]
Share In a land of secrecy where elite athletes don’t share their secret workouts, let alone their “supplements”, it’s refreshing to see a some elite athletes open up their day to day lives of success and failure. And not about what their dog had for breakfast. Craig Pickering, who could be the next “Great White [...]
Share This article is (sort of) a continuation to the article on Exercise, Recovery, Regeneration and Movement (Part 1) and Hamstring Injuries, the Iliopsoas and Imbalances (Part 2) The term “stretching” has changed over the past decade as we have seen many variances in stretching. See Stretching: More on Static, Dynamic, Active Isolated and Resistance [...]
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Do L-Arginine Supplements (Nitric Oxide) Work?
Share Last fall, I started a series on erogenic aids after being a guest on ESPN The Ticket radio show. The big question is how do you define “cheating” vs. “performance enhancement”? I define “performance enhancement” if it’s BOTH safe and legal. If it’s illegal, then it’s called “cheating”. If it’s not safe, well, what [...]