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Nailing your recovery is far more important than you may realise. A good recovery is essential to improve performance. Poor or inadequate recovery not only hinders your athletic ability but may also compromise your immune function.
Have you been thinking you’d like to use nutrition more effectively in your endurance sport, but feel unsure how to go about it? The Endura Race Guide [insert link] is just what you’ve been looking for to help you utilise sports nutrition to reach your...
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of completing a marathon. The hard work begins months in advance. If you’re planning on running a marathon this year and are worried about the task at hand, fear not! Endura Sports Nutrition has the perfect race...
Ever wondered why recovery plays such a crucial part in reaching your performance goals? When you train as an endurance athlete, it can leave your muscles mildly inflamed, tense, dehydrated and depleted. Endurance exercise may also increase your stress...
There is a common pitfall that many endurance enthusiasts fall victim to, which is: "in order to improve my race performance I need to increase my length, frequency and intensity sessions"...
To beat the heat this summer, preparation for your endurance event is the key to helping you stay hydrated, energised and ahead of the game. You will be best prepared to avoid dehydration and fatigue if you load up on electrolytes and carbohydrates...
Carbohydrates are usually a key ingredient in a rehydration formula, however, there are a number of occasions when you may want beneficial electrolytes without the carbs. For example, you don’t need or want carbs with your electrolytes when you...
When fuelling your muscle cells during gruelling endurance exercise, two carbs are better than one. The absorption rates of carbohydrates differ during exercise with the combination of glucose and fructose found to be superior to glucose taken alone...
If you’ve had the misfortune of getting a cramp mid-exercise, you know it can be agonising, completely debilitating, and often brings your exercise to an unwelcome end! A muscle cramp is an involuntarily and forcibly contracted muscle that doesn’t relax...
Endurance athletes have an intimate relationship with the pain barrier, bursting beyond on a regular basis in pursuit of personal bests. This leaves athletes with an increased need for a number of nutrients, protein being of particular importance...
If you have a burning passion for increasing your performance, you need to ask yourself a very important question - am I getting the most out of my recovery? Recovery is an extremely important component of endurance sports, especially...
Mental strength is what sets you apart as an endurance athlete, therefore the ability to remain focused and positive is absolutely critical to a successful race. If you struggle to avoid negative thoughts during a race, consider the following four pointers...
Talk to any seasoned endurance athlete and they will tell you that you must have the right mindset to run a competitive marathon. Thorough preparation is the key to helping you establish a positive mindset; nevertheless, once the big day arrives, there...
Endura Sports Nutrition represents a balanced blend of athletic intuition and cutting-edge science, providing practical tools to augment your performance. As good as Endura Sports Nutrition products are though, if you don’t know how to utilise them, their...
There’s no doubt racing a half or full Ironman puts some serious demands on your body - I’ve heard people call it “crazy”, “insane”, “masochistic”, then some people are just left speechless at what we put ourselves through. Over my years of racing, I’ve...
The Endura Paleo-Performance Eating Plan is a diet designed for athletes to maximise performance, lessen muscular pain and improve recovery after exercising. It is based on a stone-age diet where man was an athlete with high physical demands and needed...