Lactic Acid
What Is Lactate and How Does it Affect Your Performance?
The lessons of sports: Despite being smaller, slower, and less skilled, lay your heart on the line until the whistle blows.If there's an athletic trope...
5 Brutal Sprint Drills That Push the Lactic Threshold
The Five Most Painful Lactic Threshold Speed Sessions Lactic threshold and lactic tolerance are important for anyone who sprints. Whether you are a...
The Real Role of Lactic Acid in Exercise and Recovery
A long-standing theory about exercise cool-down is that it plays a role in preventing delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by flushing lactic acid from your system. Not only is this [...]
Taco Bell Discloses Its ‘Mystery Meat’ Ingredients
Head to Taco Bell and you’re likely to munch on a burrito (or crunchwrap, or quesadilla, or Mexican pizza, or…), loaded with what you might refer to as a beef-like [...]
Get Up and Get Going With This 13-Minute Jump Rope Workout
With several ideas on conditioning and opinions from professionals, athletes are force fed the latest, greatest techniques that are promised to please...
CrossFit Competition Workout for Your Legs
Anyone that has ever competed in the grueling Crossfit competitions, whether local, or a national level, an understanding for leg strength is respected....
2 Safe Pre-Workout Supplements
Pre-workout supplements are a very common purchase for young athletes looking to improve their fitness and performance. With so many brands and choices...
Wrestlers Need Aerobics, Too
Although it's categorized as a purely anaerobic sport, wrestling has a huge aerobic component. It doesn't matter how strong and powerful you are if you can't move because you're exhausted. [...]
Use Sodium Bicarbonate to Get More Out of Creatine
Athletes who have taken creatine monohydrate know that it works, although they may not understand the science behind it. What Is Creatine? Creatine is an amino acid found in red [...]
Fermented Milk: Does It Reduce Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness?
Got milk? How about fermented milk? We’ll wait for the gag reflex to pass… Better? Good. Now let’s talk about the health advantages you can secure from drinking fermented milk—a [...]