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The Bone Collector: extreme cycling drains your bones
7 nov

The Bone Collector: extreme cycling drains your bones

Three week stage races in cycling induce a metabolic condition that may result in regression of bone health. Therefore, it is recommended that cyclists involved in extreme cycling combined with severe dietary energy restriction to reduce body weight, take adequate measures in training and diet to counteract the potential drain of bone mass induced by stage races.

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Beetroot juice and athletic performance
3 okt

Beetroot juice and athletic performance

More and more evidence exists that beetroot juice boost your endurance performance. But how exactly does it help? Beets are a vegetable rich in inorganic nitrates. In the body nitrate is converted to nitric oxide which improves muscle oxygen efficiency during exercise, meaning that the oxygen cost of exercise at a particular intensity is reduced, i.e. more power can be produced for the same effort.

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