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Low testosterone linked to dementia and Alzheimer’s
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/low-testosterone-linked-to-dementia-and-alzheimers-risk-in-large-study/?fbclid=IwAR30I_QUW...
Jack Edwards
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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How much do you know about nutrition?
https://forms.gle/SGwJJnhGGLdX1YNQ6 take this short quiz to test your knowledge and learn about some basic health and nutrition...
Jack Edwards
Jan 27, 20221 min read
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Vitamin D essential for Lifting?
Vitamin D is available to the body from eggs, fish, and dairy products. Active people living in sunny regions produce most of the vitamin...
Jack Edwards
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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Glutamine and the recommended dosage
Glutamine is the amplest free amino acid in the body. Amino acids are building blocks of protein. Glutamine is made within muscles and...
Jack Edwards
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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A quick insight to a powerhouse ALGAE (Spirulina)
Spirulina is packed with nutrients that NASA has calculated that one kg of spirulina holds as many nutrients as one thousand kg of fruits...
Jack Edwards
Jan 30, 20211 min read
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Creatine Supplementation and dosages
Creatine is the most researched supplement. However, there is a lack of research for long term use, short term supplementation of...
Jack Edwards
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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Making weight for an event
Olympic athlete dieting strategies allow athletes in weight determined sports to gain an advantage by competing in a weight division that...
Jack Edwards
Jan 28, 20212 min read
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Supplements-don't believe everything you read!
Recent policies adopted by Amazon require dietary supplements have been tested and offer an assurance from the manufacturer that the...
Jack Edwards
Jan 22, 20212 min read
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The Battle between BCAA & EAAs
BCAAs has been one of the critical supplements that training websites and coaches have promoted to make progress. Are BCAAs falling out...
Jack Edwards
Jan 22, 20212 min read
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What are the benefits of BCAAs (Branched-Chain Amino Acids)
An Olympic weight lifter needs to monitor their diet, one element of focus is the BCAA within their food, but what do they do? Twenty...
Jack Edwards
Jan 21, 20214 min read
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Is Protein Powder poison?
An article that does the rounds every year is the dangers of Protein Powder. Havard Health (2020) released an article in 2020 that is...
Jack Edwards
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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Fuelling your body on competition days
The physical demand of competition and the timeframe where most competition schedules demand athletes are at their optimum in the...
Jack Edwards
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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One supplement you should make sure you take..
Protein is key, if you measure your diet and you identify your nutitional intake does not meet your bodies demands when training there is...
Jack Edwards
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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Fats: Good Fats vs. Bad Fats
The two elemental fuels for muscle metabolism are carbohydrate and fat. The body can only store a finite level of carbohydrate, and this...
Jack Edwards
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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Does protein equal strength?
The argument regarding the ideal protein needs of strength athletes is very well researched and comes to a very similar conclusion every...
Jack Edwards
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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An insight to why carbohydrates are important in a weightlifters diet?
Carbohydrates are the bodies energy and are in foods like pasta, dairy products, types of bread, fruits, and vegetables. An Olympic...
Jack Edwards
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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What is ideal for Olympic weightlifters to eat? An Example Diet
Key to any athletes success is a good diet but what is a good diet? A typical “Muscle-Building Diet Plan” needs to be balanced with all...
Jack Edwards
Jan 9, 20214 min read
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Olympic weightlifting and the biomechanical similarities to sporting movements
Weightlifting and in particular Olympic weightlifting training and the associated nutritional practices can improve athletic performance...
Jack Edwards
Jan 9, 20212 min read
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Olympic weightlifting for Power Development
As power is a vital aspect of many sport's performances, finding ways to optimise athletic power is of great importance (Docherty et al.,...
Jack Edwards
Jan 9, 20211 min read
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An insight to training using Olympic Weightlifting for sports performance
Olympic Weightlifting exercises are a common component in strength programmes. Olympic Weightlifting keeps the body flexible and strong...
Jack Edwards
Jan 9, 20211 min read
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