An amazing example of the fact that sometimes you can't change the situation — you have no control, and the only thing you ...

The question of "Which types of protein are best for athletes?" is no longer limited to which protein source produces the largest acute stimulation of muscle protein synthesis. In contemporary sports ...

Asker Jeukendrup was born in Roermond in the Netherlands in 1969. Following an MSc in Human Movement Sciences at Maastricht University in the Netherlands he completed his PhD in 1997 at the same ...

This week a unique paper was published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Professor Andrew Jones and his team (1) reported on the physiology of 16 elite male distance runners including Eliod ...

Protein is one of the most talked-about nutrients in sport. It is also one of the easiest to oversimplify. On one side, there is the old-school view that as long as athletes meet the recommended daily ...

A new BMJ Open paper highlights an important problem: fluent answers are not always accurate answers. People are turning to chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini to get ...

The study investigated the effect of an ‘oxygen-nanobubble beverage’ on physiology and performance in a small group of cyclists. The authors report a very large 2.4% improvement in performance in a 16 ...

Guidelines 10 years ago stated that carbohydrate intake during exercise should be 30-60 grams per hour, this developed to intakes of 90 g/h in some situations, but recently a paper was published that ...

In 2003, we discovered that certain combinations of carbohydrate could be absorbed faster in a sports setting. Before this discovery it was believed that the maximal amount of carbohydrate that could ...

Now we have come to the blog that puts it all together and talks about the recommendations for carbohydrate intake during exercise. First it is essential to know what the goal of an exercise session ...

Muscle cramping during exercise is a common problem among athletes that involves sudden, involuntary and painful muscle contraction during or after exercise. The occurrence of cramps is quite ...