Who needs a title when you can just put 5 random words? Well, of course, they’re not really random and those words spring out from the latest research from Prof. Willems @Chichester Uni into blackcurrant supplementation for endurance athletes. His double-blind, randomized, crossover study, entitled “Blackcurrant Alters Physiological Responses and Femoral Artery Diameter during Sustained…
Convinced about blackcurrants yet? See image to right. Convinced about the science? See (this) Convinced about Beetroot juice yet? Hang around in the post-race doping testing tents and check out the colour of all the urine samples. (Or just take my word for it…that could get a little weird). Convinced about Caffeine yet? Sigh. Actually…
Some new research on Blackcurrant supplementation is shown below in a Press Release from Curranz. You can quickly see in the summary, below, that we are talking about potentially significant increases in cardiovascular function in relation to performance and recovery. Along with caffeine and beetroot juice, blackcurrant extract is what I would ‘use for a race’. If…
I use the CURRANZ product and have made no secret of that previously. I believe it has some performance as well as health benefits. I think it works – aids recovery and makes me faster. Especially in combination with beetroot concentrate. But some of the info below is interesting from a wider health and performance…
I’m getting desperate with titles. sorry about that. I meant to post some updates on blackcurrant supplementation a few weeks ago but forgot. I’ve attached one of the press releases, below. Essentially they appear to have the effect of both: skewing the energy source during endurance exercise to fat ie oxideses more fat; and increases…
I had a bit of a mad day on Saturday in the rain. One of those ‘It seemed like a good idea at the time moments’ Of course, in hindsight, they never are. The plan was 90 ish (that means a bit less) minutes running followed by 4 and a half hours or so of…
I’ve been whinging to myself a fair bit recently about my technique. Or lack thereof. My cycling seems to show a left favouring and my running feels awful but seems to show a good balance and my swimming technique is just rubbish (ish). So I’ve been stretching a bit. Well, a lot. To tie in…