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Fat and Endurance Performance: Why Athletes Need to Burn Fat Efficiently By Matt Russ Is fat an athlete’s enemy? If you are trying to improve your power-to-weight ratio, excess body fat is weig … read more

Sports Nutrition and Supplements: Separating Fact From Fad by Matt Russ Although our bodies are remarkably similar in many ways, when it comes to sports nutrition and supplementation, what works extr … read more

When Is the Best Time for Athletes to Lose Body Fat Without Hurting Performance? by Matt Russ Increasing speed requires the consistent and careful application of training stress. However, gaining body … read more

You are likely familiar with carb-loading or adjusting your diet to be more carbohydrate rich in the days leading up to an event.  The objective is hyper-saturating the muscles with energy storin … read more

The biggest drop in activity factor occurs during transition, and transition occurs directly after a peak (race) phase in most cases. This is the time to allow the body to heal and recover from the i … read more