Sports Drinks are a booming business! Such popularity with the buying public, it is no wonder that these sports supplements continue to be touted as fantastic enhancements to a person’s exercise efforts. Yet the darker side to this industry is that the true efficacy of sports drinks is questionable. Artificial colors, unnecessarily high sugar content…
Athletes are weird. We all start off like every other person in the world but something happens in our sport experience that changes us physically, mentally, and emotionally. Our sport stresses our bodies and our minds. For everyone who had tried to do something athletic and reached that point where something inside of us says…
Why use sports drinks? These nifty inventions, besides making their inventors and distributors a handsome profit, do actually help athletes of all levels perform well in their chosen event. So how do they work? Sports drinks, as their marketers trumpet in their advertising, provide replacement fluids and nutrients that are depleted in endurance events. What…
Life is busy. Since we haven’t found the way to make more time, we make the things we do count for more. When it comes to our workouts, we create ways to train smarter. Part of everyone’s exercise strategy these days likely includes some form of cross training. Whether hitting the weights for some strength…
As a 58 year old competitive cyclist, Dr. Alan Bragman was out for a training ride when he didn’t feel well, so decided to call it a day and pedal easy on home. Then came the shortness of breath and chest pains that got him off of the bike and eventually into the hospital. The…
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