Nutrition for endurance athletes
Whether it’s fuelling a race or training session, ensuring recovery or getting the dietary basics right to ensure maximum health, optimum nutrition is critical for endurance performance.
In this section, you’ll find information on all these aspects as well as the latest findings on sports supplements, and optimising body weight and composition for performance.
in Dietary basics, Nutrition for endurance athletes, Recovery nutrition
Can dietary manipulation to enhance fat-burning help athletes preparing for multiday competition? SPB looks at some fascinating new research MORE
in Coping with emotions, Dietary basics, Endurance health and lifestyle, Weight management
Eating disorders are common in athletes; how do they change over time and do the risks diminish when athletes retire from competition? MORE
in Nutrition for endurance athletes, Recovery nutrition, Supplements
Can consuming extra leucine with protein enhance recovery? SPB looks at brand new research MORE
in Base endurance training, High intensity training, Training structure and planning, Weight management
Can high-intense training sessions lead to more post-exercise fat burning? SPB takes a look at new research MORE
in Endurance health and lifestyle, Immunity, Nutrition for endurance athletes, Recovery nutrition, Supplements
Andrew Hamilton looks at the evidence on glutamine supplementation and asks whether it can help athletic performance? MORE
in Endurance health and lifestyle, Recovery nutrition, Recovery strategies, Training structure and planning
New research suggests that late evening training sessions can alter gastrointestinal function. Sports Performance Bulletin investigates MORE
in Strength, conditioning and flexibility, Supplements, Weight management
Can GABA act as a natural stimulator of growth hormone release, enhancing fat loss, and muscle and strength gains? PP looks at the evidence MORE
in Nutrition for endurance athletes, Recovery nutrition, Supplements, Weight management
Can pre-exercise single amino acid supplementation improve sport performance? Andrew Hamilton looks at what the most up-to-date evidence has to say… MORE
in Dietary basics, Endurance injuries and health, Nutrition for endurance athletes, Overuse injuries
Stress fractures are one of the most common and potentially serious overuse injuries reported in athletes, both elite and recreational. With this in mind, Andrew Hamilton looks at recent evidence linking stress fractures and nutritional status… MORE
in Dietary basics, Nutrition for endurance athletes
Optimum magnesium intake is vital for sport performance, yet many athletes still fail to fully appreciate its importance. In an update article, Peak Performance revisits this topic to see what the recent research says about magnesium for performance MORE