Good nutrition is a fundamental requirement of a healthy lifestyle. Regardless of whether you are an elite athlete, a keen amateur, or just enjoy keeping fit, eating a nutritious, well-balanced diet and keeping your body suitably hydrated can help promote good health and well-being, both physically and mentally.
A balanced diet supplies the body with the essential nutrients that it needs to function properly: protein, carbohydrates, essential fats, vitamins and minerals, as well as water to keep the body well-hydrated. When combined with regular exercise, these help you amongst other things to maintain a healthy weight, help prevent and fight disease and can improve your self-confidence and athletic performance.
For those athletes that want to take their training to the next level and achieve their true potential, supplementing their diet with the appropriate nutrients for their sport can have a big impact. By tailoring your nutrition to your specific needs and those of your sport through the use of high quality supplements, you are giving your body the right fuel it needs to maximise your performance and fulfil your potential.
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Essential Nutrition
The human body requires the correct levels of nutrition and hydration to function in a healthy and efficient way. Making sure it receives an optimum balance is the foundation upon which any successful fitness and performance improvement regime should be built.
Even if you look after yourself and prepare your body well, it is likely that you will at some point be on the receiving end of a sporting related injury as you subject your body to the […]
Sports Hydration
Like sports nutrition, maintaining optimum levels of hydration is vital to an athlete’s fitness and performance enhancement regime. Regardless of what sport you play and at whatever level you may compete at, making sure your body is sufficiently hydrated can have a significant impact on both your physical and mental performance levels.
Quite simply, if the body is poorly hydrated when training or competing, performance and concentration level […]
Sports Nutrition
Sports nutrition is a vital component in any athlete’s fitness and performance improvement programme, regardless of the sport and level of competition. Developing an optimum nutritional plan that meets your needs and those of your chosen sport can have a significant impact on your training and performance levels.
Creating a well structured diet plan that meets the demands placed on your body by your sport should be the foundation on which your […]
Sports Supplements Glossary
Bodybuilders sports supplements glossary lists various vitamins, minerals and other nutritional components that are commonly found in many of todays commercially available sports supplement formulations.
The listing is far from exhaustive, as more compounds are used as the boundaries of sports science and nutritional research extend. The properties listed against each compound are those that we believe to be correct at the time of publication, […]
