Are You at Risk of Overtraining?

What is Overtraining? Highly motivated athletes are extremely susceptible to overtraining which can lead to physical, mental and emotional burnout. Overtraining can be defined as placing the body under a level of work or stress that it is unable to adapt to. The...

Active vs Passive Recovery

Recovery from Exercise After rigorous exercise, understanding the difference between active recovery and passive recovery goes a long way indeed to getting in sync with your body. This article shines the light on the difference between active recovery and passive...
Why Carbohydrates & Glycogen are Important for Athletes

Rest vs Recovery

The Importance Rest & Recovery For Every Athlete Many people tend to think that rest and recovery are same things when viewed from the prism of sports – and when practiced by athletes. People have been using both phrases ‘Are you recovering?’ and...
Why Carbohydrates & Glycogen are Important for Athletes

Sleep for Performance & Recovery

How to Sleep Better than Ever As one of the most important functions that feeds us with energy, sleep is vital to the health of every athlete. But more importantly, sleep affects the mood, well-being and most importantly – performance of an athlete during a...

5 Benefits of Stretching

Why You Should Stretch If you don’t stretch out much, you should! Stretching is one of the most important parts when beginning and ending an exercise but also during the day. Apart from the fact that it prevents strain and sprains, there are other benefits of...