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Supplementing With L-theanine: What Are The Benefits?
L-theanine is a popular supplement with many claimed benefits that can be bought in the majority of health stores. It’s an amino acid found in most types of tea and some mushrooms but is often sold as a tablet or...
4 Of The Most Effective Nootropic Supplements
Athletes lead demanding lifestyles, so gaining mental boosts where possible can be invaluable. Nootropics - natural or synthetic substances which can improve focus, memory and energy levels - can be used with considerable effect.But with a host of options available...
Carrot-Based Herbal Medicine Shown To Improve Muscle Atrophy
Whether you scoff at traditional healing or swear by it, there are some practices and medicines that have been positively impacting human health for centuries. Modern scientific analysis can give us a greater understanding of how these remedies work, including...
Can Caffeine Really Benefit Performance?
Caffeine is a regular part of life in western society. So many of us turn to coffee, tea or energy drinks to give ourselves a pick-me-up of energy. If someone created a new drug that could make us more focused...
When Does Fitness Become An Obsession?
Fitness is an enigma of an addiction. Exercising and eating healthily is good for us, after all. They’re habits that are deemed admirable and even indicative of moral superiority - quite the opposite to common indulgences like alcohol or drugs...
How To Use Heart Rate Variability To Measure Overtraining?
As athletes, we walk a fine line between training hard to make fitness gains and pushing our bodies to breaking point. If you’re training at a high level, it’s important to have objective measures in place to tell you if...
Scientists Conclude It's Safe To Exercise In Facemasks
A team of researchers have concluded that wearing a facemask while exercising does not impair the functioning of the lungs.The scientists reviewed all scientific data ever published that looked into the physiological responses to physical activity in all kinds of...
5 Strategies For Dealing With Failure As An Athlete
Failure is an unavoidable part of sport. Every athlete, no matter how great, has experienced setbacks at some point in their career. Often, successful people point to the failures that they encountered as the foundations of their resilience. So while...
5 Amazing Ways Meditation Changes The Brain
Meditation and mindfulness are growing in popularity year on year with millions of people discovering the potential health benefits. Interestingly, there are some neurological studies which demonstrate ways the brain can be physically changed by meditation when practised over a...