The Placebo and Nocebo Effect On Sports Performance: A Systematic Review
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Sleep in elite multi-sport athletes: Implications for athlete health and wellbeing
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Vertical- vs. Horizontal-Oriented Drop Jump Training: Chronic Effects on Explosive Performances of Elite Handball Players
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Individualized Sleep Education Improves Subjective and Objective Sleep Indices in Elite Cricket Athletes: A Pilot Study
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Beta-alanine Supplementation to Improve Exercise Capacity and Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Everything You Need to Know About Using Wellness Questionnaires in Sport
Athlete self-report measures (ASRM) can be a relatively simple and inexpensive means for determining an athlete’s training load and his or her subsequent responses to that training [20]. In fact, using ASRM, such as wellness questionnaires, is the most common method for monitoring athlete fatigue and recovery in high performance sport in New Zealand and Australia [28]. And for good reason, as we will soon discover.
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Why Strength Coaches Also Need to be Good Weight Room DJs
Who’s controlling the music in the weight room, and does it matter? If the weight room DJ is subpar, training and performance gains may be left on the table, research suggests.
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Debunking 5 Myths About Training Load, Injury, and Athletic Performance
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The Influence of Caffeine Supplementation on Resistance Exercise: A Review
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Carbohydrate Loading Strategies: Classical vs. Contemporary
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Recommendations for Carbohydrate Intake During Exercise: When, How Much, and What Types
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Daily Carbohydrate Recommendations for Optimal Athletic Performance
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Supplement Review: Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) and MCT Oil
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are exactly what you would think; triglycerides (i.e. fat molecules) with medium chain lengths of molecules. Some triglycerides have long chains, containing 13+ carbon atoms, whereas others have short chains, containing 5 or fewer carbon atoms. MCTs are right in the middle, and contain 6-12 carbon atoms in their chains [1-4].
Supplement Review: Dietary Nitrate and Beetroot Juice
In the human body, Nitric Oxide (NO) promotes vasodilation, or widening of the blood vessels, which increases blood flow and reduces blood pressure [1-3]. NO is heavily involved with many physiological processes that affect exercise performance, including the regulation of blood flow, skeletal muscle contraction, and mitochondrial respiration and biogenesis [3-5].
Beginning Post-Injury Rehabilitation Sooner, Rather than Later, Accelerates Return to Pain-Free Sport Participation in Athletes
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What You Need to Know About Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training
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Short-Term Gluten-Free Diet Has No Performance Effects in Nonceliac Cyclists
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