by Mike Macfarlane, BSc MSc I have tried many different nutrition strategies, some prescribed previously by sports nutritionists and others I had researched and chose to implement on a trial and error basis. Like many other athletes and determined trainers, I wanted a diet that did the following for me: Gave me the energy to [...]
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by Martin MacDonald WHY NITROGEN? For the last couple of years, an exam question I have set my undergraduates is ‘How do proteins differ chemically from lipids and carbohydrates?’ The answer is: While carbohydrates and fat contain Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen, proteins also contain nitrogen. For this reason, we can use measures of nitrogen in [...]
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by Martin MacDonald This is an article I wrote many years ago for the Powerbase Newsletter (Loughborough University's performance gym). It's a basic, easy to read article that is a good starting point for most. The most frequent question asked by athletes and non-athletes alike, other than “How much can you bench?”, has got to [...]
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Earlier this month the International Society of Sports Nutrition released a position statement on nutrient timing to ‘enhance recovery and tissue repair following high-volume exercise, augmented muscle protein synthesis and improve mood states.’ They came up with eight key points, here is a summary of these points with a few comments of my own. [...]
by Ben Coker BSc, CSCS When we see a female cover model, there are two aspects of the physique that women aspire to have. The first is the ‘leanness’ or level of fat on the body achieved on the whole by effective nutrition and calorie expenditure. The second is the shape of the muscles on [...]
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