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Carbohydrate Drinks - Spit or Swallow?

Carbohydrate Drinks – Spit or Swallow?

Everyone knows that carbohydrate drinks can enhance performance, but new research suggests that actually swallowing your favourite sports drink might not be necessary. Strange as it sounds, you can rinse your mouth, spit the drink on the ground and still be faster!

Exercise on an Empty Stomach Helps to Burn More Fat?

This is a question I am asked on a weekly basis: “If I go for a run in the morning before breakfast, on an empty stomach will I lose weight more quickly?”
Exercising before breakfast is an approach that is widely used by body builders and is known as Cardio-Fasting and there is some evidence that [...]

Running is Not Rocket Science - So Why Make it So?

Running is Not Rocket Science – So Why Make it So?

Why is it that many of the specialist running magazines have the tendancy to make running appear to be a sport for those people who have the IQ of a Nuclear Scientist? Running is far from being complicated so why make it appear so?