Check back every week for new articles and research summaries to help you optimize your training, performance and recovery.
Is your watch underestimating your fitness? Should teens be taking creatine? And is caffeine actually boosting your WOD performance—or just giving you the jitters? This week’s research roundup looks at...
Beta-alanine is best known for boosting muscular endurance, but emerging research suggests it may also support cognitive performance under physical stress. In this article, we explore how beta-alanine—an amino acid...
What if your pre-game protein, snack drawer, or supplement stack could help you train harder and recover faster? This week’s sports science roundup looks at how pre-game protein boosts recovery...
Runners often obsess over pace and mileage but overlook one critical element: nutrition. Here, elite distance runner Thomas Nobbs shares how shifting his focus from carbs to protein transformed his...
Your fitness routine shouldn’t end when you finish training, so we're sharing five post-training recovery tips for relieving sore muscles.
This week’s research roundup explores why protein shakes aren’t enough to prevent muscle loss after injury, how carbohydrate timing can impact blood sugar and fuel use, and whether creatine really...
This week's research roundup looks into how eccentric training can improve strength with less fatigue, what heart rate recovery says about your endurance capacity, and how HIIT workouts may sharpen...
This week's research roundup looks at how HMB supplementation aids muscle preservation in older adults, the influence of a coach's gender on verbal encouragement effectiveness, and the conditional benefits of...
This week's research roundup explores how combining caffeine and beetroot juice can enhance running performance, the detrimental effects of short-term magnesium supplementation on VO₂max and power output, and the role...
“I just signed up like everyone else.” That’s how Samantha Jory describes the start of a running career. In just two years, Samantha has gone from a first-time marathoner to...
This week’s roundup covers the performance-boosting effects of HIIT, the safety of creatine (spoiler: it's better than you think), and what tart cherry juice actually does for sore muscles. Whether...
Flying with supplements? Powders, capsules, and gels all come with their own travel challenges. This guide covers what athletes need to know—from TSA rules to packing strategies—so you’re never without...
