12 November 2009 06:56 | Posted by: Gareth Turner
Tags: Parkrun
The LSST regularly attend park run events across the UK and I have recently attended one in Reading at the Thames Valley Business Park. I have found the parkrun events to be thoroughly enjoyable to work at and whilst I am ...
19 October 2009 14:45 | Posted by: Jayme Mart
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The Lucozade Sports Science Team offer a wide range of services including nutritional advice and guidelines for sport, applied sports science testing across a wide range of sports for various sporting individuals from grass roots level right up to professional ...
7 October 2009 04:21 | Posted by: Gareth Nicholas
Tags: Training plans, Diet, Sports supplements
Plans For Every Distance
Thinking about running but unsure about what to do; we at Lucozade Sport have put together training and nutritional plans for 5 K, 10 K, Half Marathon and Marathon. These plans have been designed so that ...
18 September 2009 12:25 | Posted by: Gareth Nicholas
Tags: Nutrition, Weight loss
Recently, I was asked by a reader of men's health about what they should be doing to help with weight loss. It seems that it's a common question that we in with a westernised diet are faced with. The following ...
29 July 2009 16:29 | Posted by: Chris Mcmanus
Tags: Hydration, Pre-exercise, Dehydration
Dehydration (loss of 2% body weight) can compromise exercise performance and may impair mental/cognitive performance. Therefore, athletes BEGINNING exercise in a state of dehydration severely reduce their potential for optimal performance, and should look to address this.
Having recently analysed ...
14 July 2009 05:27 | Posted by: Jayme Mart
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Andy Murray’s 10.30 finish on centre court last Monday highlights some of the nutritional issues arising in racquet sports.
In tennis, it is often impossible to envisage how long a game will go on for, and in turn to ...
14 July 2009 03:35 | Posted by: Jayme Mart
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Loss of fluids and a reduction in your body’s carbohydrate stores are the two major causes of fatigue in endurance exercise. With this in mind, one of the most common nutritional questions I get asked in regard to running preparation ...
25 June 2009 04:58 | Posted by: Jayme Mart
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The 2009 Tour de France starts on Saturday 4th of July and finishes on Sunday the 26th of July. The Tour will cover a total of 21 stages over 3500km, which is broken down into; 10 flat stages, 7 mountain ...
25 June 2009 04:52 | Posted by: Jayme Mart
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Throughout the summer months with increased ambient temperature, many people are finding that their sweat rate is increased during exercise and competition. Whilst working with the Scottish Touch Rugby squad this weekend, I was asked an interesting question; in sport, why ...
22 June 2009 08:00 | Posted by: Matt Furber
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Tennis is different to most sports, because when a player steps out on the court they do not know how long they are going to play for. During Wimbledon 2008 in the men’s singles draw the shortest completed game was 1h19 ...