Gout and Exercise: Finding the Right Balance
Living with gout can be challenging, but with proper management, individuals can lead active and fulfilling lives. Exercise and nutrition play crucial roles in managing gout symptoms and improving overall health. In this post, we'll explore the relationship between gout and physical activity, offer exercise tips, and discuss dietary considerations to help keep gout under control.Gout and Working OutGout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that causes sudden and severe pain, often in the joints.
The Most Important Time to Focus on Heat and Hydration
As temperatures climb, the anticipation for summer sports begins to bubble up. But with it, a concern: heat acclimation.
Colorado Buffaloes Taking InFlow to New Heights
You may have been hearing more and more recently about the University of Colorado, but the team behind the team(s) has been raising the bar for athlete support in Boulder for some time now.Dana Bielinski, MS, RD, Performance Technology and Research Dietitian at University of Colorado keeps a full plate when supporting student-athletes in Boulder. For those who have played on the road in Colorado in any sport, you know how much coaches ask about preparing for the altitude and time zone differenc
InFlow Highlighted at 1st Ever Elite Operator Course by Performance Nutrition Professionals
Jennifer Gibson, MS, RD, CSSD, ISAK3, and Dr. Dana Lis, PhD, RD, CPT, ISAK1, co-founders of Performance Nutrition Professionals (PNP), hosted their first Performance Nutrition Elite Operator Performance Nutrition Course in Colorado Springs this past June. The hydration module included several common, field-leading approaches to assess hydration status of athletes.Judging by the initial response, it's no surprise there are already plans for a follow up course in late 2023 or early 2024. The event
Autonomous Athletes: Attaining Elite Performance
Reaching elite levels of athletic performance takes significant commitment. By and large, autonomous athletes are the ones to reach this level, and coaches, athletic trainers, team cultures, and technology alike can all help foster higher levels of increased intrinsic motivation through self-regulation and autonomy. Self Determination TheorySelf-determination theory (SDT) is a psychological framework developed by Dr. Edward Deci and Dr. Richard Ryan in the 1980s that suggests that humans have th
Feeling the Heat: How World Cup Qualifying is Preparing Teams for Hidden Challenges in Qatar
The pressure is on for squads entering the last round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup being hosted in Qatar. In CONCACAF the battle is on as several teams are vying for the top 3 automatic qualifying spots, with the final round of qualifying having teams play 3 matches in 7 days. In addition to contending with the competition on the field, players are battling altitude, heat, training, time zone shifts, travel, games, fatigue, and the pressure to succeed. All combined, these factors
Pre-Season Performance Science for Soccer
There are some pre-seasons that simply feel like a continuation to the previous year for many pro-soccer clubs. Between play-off runs, groups preparing for international call-ups, or players remaining at the facility to train, all too often the off-season is anything but time off. All of these factors can carry over into pre-season, a time so important for staff and players to maximize preparation for the long haul ahead of them. There are many approaches health and performance staffs use to p
Hydration Monitoring: Top Methods Used By The Pros
When it comes to health and performance, optimal hydration plays a central role of keeping athletes in the game. Decreases in fluid level leading to a dehydrated state impacts performance in sport, where even losses of up to 2% of an athlete’s body mass can reduce work outputs and endurance. It’s not just endurance that is impacted either, as strength and power losses of up to 5 to 6% can occur at the same status of dehydration. Imagine the circumstance where an athlete is showing up even slight
The Top 5 Ways to Empower Your Athletes and Drive a High Performance Culture
The buzz around international sport for more than a half decade has surrounded the concept of High Performance. While there are varied interpretations of this term, common underlying concepts focus on several key aspects within a team environment...
10 Micronutrients Ultra-Endurance Athletes Need
Optimal nutrition is important for everyone’s health. But when it comes to those training for ultra-endurance events, you need to double down on that advice.Ultra-marathons, iron-man competitions, triathlons - basically, anything at or above 6 hours of constant physiological stress goes in the books as an ultra-endurance event. These require long, intense training regimens to increase strength and aerobic capacity while avoiding negative health risks like muscle tears, stress fractures, gastroin
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SPORTS SCIENTIST
Tracking hydration on a regular basis allows medical and performance practitioners in a team setting to optimize athlete recovery and performance. Hydration is central to basic health and wellness and can prove to be a difference maker in training and competition. Whether it affects decision making, reaction time, or physical performance, the negative impacts of not being optimally hydrated can act as compounders to a variety of elements that detract from team performance. In team sports, one at
Invisible Monitoring: How Top Athlete's Track Health and Performance
For High Performance staff, gathering good data on a consistent basis is a central factor for helping maximize health and performance...
Dehydration and Cognitive Performance: How to Stay Focused
A feeling of brain fog is all too common for most of us. But an important part of your diet may be contributing to a lack of cognitive function and cognitive performance: hydration.Role of Hydration in Cognitive Performance Maintain focus and cognitive function with proper hydration.As we age, there are some declines in mental performance that are to be expected. Some normal age-related changes include decline in tasks that involve attention-switching (multitasking), slower response times, and r
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Hydration Tracking - [Interviews with the Pros]
“Without proper hydration, everything else in the training of my athletes will fail.” - Jeff Waters, head strength and conditioning coach for pro fighters at Kronk Gym in Detroit and the boxing coach with the Detroit Red Wings.Optimal hydration is critical to optimizing performance during training and an event, as well as for preventing injuries and aiding in post-game recovery. And a good method of hydration tracking can help you monitor your fluid and electrolyte needs.“One thing I always stre
High Blood Pressure and Exercise
Blood pressure can be influenced by various factors, including diet, genetics, race, age, and exercise. We know, for example, that eating too much salt in our diet is linked to high blood pressure. Unfortunately, high blood pressure that is influenced by genetics, race, or age is not something we can control. Exercising and having a regular workout plan is one factor that we can control and should participate in regularly to improve our blood pressure.Staying Motivated to Exercise to Control Blo
5 Best Health Gadgets to Help You Stay Fit and Healthy
Guest article written by Rachel Grace.Keeping yourself fit and healthy sounds easy, but in reality, it’s often far from easy. Luckily, technological advancements have allowed global health and fitness to be more data-driven and scientific. Making use of these new tools could be a good place to start on your road to improving your health. So with that in mind, here are five of the best gadgets that can help you stay fit and healthy. IMAGE: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61WD9Roh
Weight Lifting and Protein Intake (Protein Requirements)
Dietary protein can enhance muscle mass development. Several studies have been published that investigate the role of protein intake on...
Respiratory Quotient: (Find and Use Yours)
The respiratory quotient is a number unique to your lifestyle and body composition that shows up primarily in the world of fitness and...
Wellness Technology Review: Heart Rate Monitors
Quantifying your heart rate pervasively is becoming easier as technology continues to shrink, battery power continues to improve, and wireless technology become evermore ubiquitous.And with it, new data is available to help refine workouts, personalize fitness regimes, and track progress.And beyond the world of fitness, heart rate monitors offer the hope of improving diagnostics outside the realm of the clinic. Apple is working on using its Watch-based heart rate monitor to study irregular heart