Reading Time: 2 minutesGuest blog by Designs for Sport Melatonin is known for its role in regulating the sleep–wake cycle, but it has additional roles in the body including the support of antioxidant status and a healthy inflammatory response. It also may play a role in maintaining a balanced gut microbiota. Many of these roles may help support […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesOvertraining is considered an enemy of performance, health, and wellbeing. But is it always such a bad thing, in every single case? I want to start with a phrase that I learned from my late mentor that says “fatigue masks fitness”, and that encloses what I’m about to talk about in this article. Let’s first
Reading Time: 2 minutesGuest blog by Designs for Sport Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body with critical roles in human health. It acts as an intermediary in energy metabolism and is a substrate for the synthesis of glutathione, neurotransmitters, and nucleotide bases. Although glutamine is classically described as a nonessential amino acid, recent observations
Reading Time: 5 minutesI have had the privilege of being in a large number of gyms around the world, and that has allowed me to witness many different spotting techniques, and funny enough, they repeat themselves worldwide. Those techniques (if this could be called a technique) go from the personal trainer or training partner that has 100%
Reading Time: 4 minutesGuest blog by Designs for Sport Get a bunch of doctors together and ask about thyroid testing, and you’re likely to get a range of responses. One might say that TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) is the best and, oftentimes, the only test needed, and another might say that TSH is not the answer. When experts disagree
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Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I mentioned in an article before, we are living in the society, times, and mindset of the quick fix, and that also relates to pain relief, as I’ll explain in the following paragraphs. Different types of pain I have my own classification for different types of pain. For example, that very nice soreness
Reading Time: 3 minutesGuest blog by Designs for Sports Not much can ruin a pleasant conversation more than bad breath particularly when it’s taking place within tight confines such as an office or car. Oral malodor is often much more than a superficial offense requiring peppermints or toothpaste. It can be an indication that disease and abnormalities lurk
Reading Time: 5 minutesHigh-Intensity Interval Training or HIIT is a powerful tool for coaches, trainers, and trainees when prescribed correctly. What Science Says Even though the scope of this article is not to show all the research behind the prescription of HIIT, I’m going to name some of the benefits that science has proven: Time-efficient. In a
Reading Time: 2 minutesGuest blog by Designs for Sport The human brain is a complex organ that may undergo changes during the aging process. Age-related declines in cognitive function and neurological health may be related to multiple biological pathways. These may include neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Some nutraceuticals, such
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this article I’ll share the steps and considerations in order to prepare a tennis player to be a winner in his/her class. This Division 1 tennis player couldn’t practice his sport because he had medial and lateral epicondylitis and one of the tendons had a 40% rupture. He was so desperate to play,