Recovery, Nutrition and Fitness Advice for Athletes
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Intermittent Fasting and Muscle Preservation
In the realm of sports and fitness, the quest for optimising performance and recovery is a never-ending journey. Among the myriad of dietary strategies available, Intermittent Fasting (IF) has emerged as a notable approach not just for weight management, but also for its potential benefits on longevity, metabolic health, and...
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What Role Does Collagen Play in Healing Sports Injur...
Whether you're a professional athlete or a weekend warrior, sports injuries are a common occurrence. From football and rugby to triathlons and athletics, the physical demands of these sports can lead to a variety of injuries, particularly those involving the musculoskeletal system such as tendons, ligaments, and bones. But did...
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Winter Seasonal Supplement Guide
What vitamins and minerals should I take in the winter? Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably aware that winter is coming (some might say already here) which means new obstacles such as illness are lurking in the shadows of the cold, long days, ready to...
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How do collagen and vitamin C help to speed up the r...
Collagen is the single most important structural protein in the human body. It is abundant in our skin, muscles, cartilage, bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. In almost all connective tissues in the body, collagen gives them the elasticity to stretch but the strength and rigidity to prevent over-stretching, create force,...
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Colostrum for Athletic Performance
Colostrum for Athletic Performance We’ve spoken about colostrum about a couple of times before, and all about why we think (and know) that it is an invaluable supplement when it comes to providing emergency immune system support. So, first of all, if you haven’t read that article, then we highly...
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Top 6 Benefits of taking Collagen Supplements
Collagen is a major component of almost all the physical structures in the human body. From muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, skin, and even cartilage, your eyes, and your blood vessels too. Now, people have been using topical collagen creams and taking collagen beauty supplements to support and improve their skin...
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Which collagen product is right for me?
How to choose the right collagen supplement for me Understanding which collagen product is right for you and that will suit your needs for training and competition is key to performing and recovering optimally every day. Whether you are completing your first ever parkrun, an already avid gym goer or...
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Immune Boosting Colostrum
The role of nutrition in supporting our immune system both on active days and recovery days, in winter and during the spring and summer months cannot be understated and having a tool kit of essential supplements to hand can give you a fighting chance against illness, fatigue and even injury....
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How to build and maintain muscle
How do I build muscle? How can I build muscle with dietary supplements like collagen protein? Everyone wants to know how to build muscle and it’s a really insightful question and one we get asked quite a lot. When we set out to make our supplements for example, we wanted...
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Sports Nutrition Tips for the Winter Months
We are continuing the winter theme here at U Perform to continue to help our U Perform family prepare and perform when the elements are against us – and when our training gets tough too! There’s simply no stopping Team U Perform! The first thing to understand about exercising over...
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