Many Athletes are Vitamin D Deficient PDF Print E-mail

Vitamin D is certainly essential for normal calcium metabolism and plays a vital function in maintaining bone and muscle health.  Many athletes are vitamin D deficient simply because they shun vitamin D-fortified dairy products and don’t get much outdoor activity.  Vitamin D is produced naturallywithin the skin as part of a reaction involving sunlight,however it is also consumed in the diet.  A review of literature by Enette Larson-Meyer and Kentz Willis concluded that adequate vitamin D levelsare essential for promoting muscle and strength, and that it plays a crucial role in muscle protein synthesis.  Vitamin D deficient athletes should strive to achieve blood levels of vitamin D greater than 40 nanograms per milliliter of blood.  (Current Sports Medicine Reports, 9:  220-226, 2010)

 
How to Choose a Protein PDF Print E-mail

 

Purchasing a protein isn't Brain Surgery, but don’t underestimate the procedure either.  Pick the wrong type and you’ll buy a lot more than you'll need.  Even worse, spend under you need to and you'll not get acceptable results - or any improvements whatsoever.  The kind (or types) of protein you choose, the quantity of protein per serving, and also the absence or presence of carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, proteins, are also areas where one can wander down the wrong path.  Avoid these along with other issues by using these simple rules.

 

Work out how much You'll Need.  For many people, 1 gram of protein pound of bodyweight daily is a great target.  Individuals who are searching to include size may require around 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight daily.  It's also wise to intend on eating additional protein (1.25 - 1.5 g/lb/day) if you are attempting to slim down on greater-protein, lower carb diets, as a few of the proteins is going to be burned for fuel.  These amounts include all the protein consumed through meals, drinks, and supplements.  What’s  more, your everyday protein allotment ought to be disseminate over 4-6 more compact foods to boost absorption and utilization.  If you are a large meat, seafood, chicken, egg, and dariy food eater, you are able to most likely manage having a more compact “hit” of protein out of your powdered mix.  Vegetarians yet others who eat plenty of starchy meals may benefit more from the greater-protein formula.

 

Figure out what your financial allowance and schedule allow.  Single-source proteins offer more precise benefits.  Ideally, you may make use of a fast-acting whey protein protein first factor each morning and half an hour before workout routines, a recovery product that contains protein plus carbohydrates soon after workout routines, a moderately-digested egg protein in beetween foods, as well as an all-micellar casein protein at bed time for sustained amino acidity delivery through the evening when you sleep.  Now, here’s where you have to be realistic and honest on your own.  Even when you really can afford multiple items, are you currently the kind of person who’s disciplined enough to follow along with this type of regimen?  Should you clarified “no”, think about a protein blend.  While a lot slower because the quickest or as slow because the slowest single-source proteins, blends offer most of the disirable characteristics of a number of different proteins.

 

Choose and Stick To It - A Minimum Of For Some Time  To behave positive for the physique, you have to take your protein(s) constantly and consistently not less than two months.  Following a couple several weeks, evaluate and, if required, modify your program to include in other proteins, to improve or reduce the amounts used, in order to switch to a different sort of protein altogether.

 

 
Weight Training Reduces Blood Pressure PDF Print E-mail

Medication is the first line of defense in treating hypertension (high blood pressure).  Weight loss and endurance exercises are usually effective for reducing blood pressure.  Brazilian scientists showed that weight training reduced resting blood pressure in hypertensive men.  The subjects stopped taking blood pressure medication for six weeks before the study.  They trained with weights three times a week for twelve weeks.  Resistance exercise reduced systolic blood pressure by 12 to 18 mmHg.  Reduced blood pressure remained stable for four weeks after the exercise.  Weight training increases arterial stiffness, so these findings are surprising.  The study showed that resistance exercise is a viable lifestyle modification for reducing blood pressure in hypertensive men.  (Journal Strength Conditioning Research, 26:  1122-1129, 2012)

 
Is Low Testosterone a Normal Part of Aging? PDF Print E-mail

Testosterone was first synthesized in 1934, and physicians have argued about its usefullness in medicine ever since.  Julie Deardoff from the Chicago Tribune discussed the controversy.  Testosterone declines naturally after the age 30 and continues decreasing about 1 percent a year after that.  Most experts agree that men with testosterone levels less than 200 ng per hundred milliliters of blood should receive testosterone therapy.  Increasing levels above that is highly controversial.  testosterone supplements increase muscle mass and decrease fat, and often make middle-aged and older men feel better.  However, low testosterone often accompanies poor physical fitness and obesity, so following a healthy lifestyle might restore a normal testosterone level.  Most aging men need to exercise more and eat less.  If they do, testosterone will take care of itself.  (Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2012)

 
L-leucine increases muscle strength PDF Print E-mail

L-leucine is one of the eight essential amino acids, which means the body does not produce it naturally.  So this protein building block must come from the diet.  Plant and animal proteins that contain L-leucine include lentils, peanuts, and other nuts and seeds, beef, chicken, egg yolk, fish and milk.

In one study, 26 untrained healthy men, ages 20 - 36, took 4,000 mg of L-leucine per day or a placebo.  Twice per week during the study, professional trainers supervised the men in eight standard resistance-training machine exercises.  Researchers tested strength before and after the study, measuring the maximum weight each participant could resist in five machine repetitions.  After 12 weeks, the placebo group had increased its maximum five repetition weight resistance ability by 31% while the leucine group increased its ability by 41%.  (International Journal of sports physiology and performance; 2001, Vol. 6, No. 1, 38-50)

 
«StartPrev11121314151617181920NextEnd»

Page 14 of 21