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Protein
It’s fair to say that protein and its benefits are often only associated with muscle growth and recovery (gainzzzzz) but there are many other benefits we often over look. In essence, your body needs protein to work and stay healthy. The human body contains more than 10,000 different types which can be found in everything from our organs to our muscles, bones, skin and hair. Protein also plays a critical part of the processes that fuel our energy and carry oxygen throughout our body in our blood. It also helps make antibodies that fight off infections or illnesses and helps...
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Cycling - more benefits than 'Watt' you'd think...
As you know, we’re passionate about cycling - properly, lycra clad, skin suit wearing, over shoe loving passionate about cycling! And, there are so many benefits to our physical and mental health that are specific to cycling that you might not be familiar with so we wanted to take some time to appreciate them. 🚴♀️ Improvement in mood: ask any keen cyclist and they will tell you about 'the cycling high'. Cycling pumps blood around the body faster than most sports due to the nature of the muscle groups being used. This, in turn allows for the spread of endorphins and...
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CBD
Have you tried CBD in any variant yet? CBD or Cannabidiol is a natural remedy used for many common ailments including pain relief, reduction in anxiety and depression, improved heart health, diabetes prevention plus many others with studies continually ongoing to establish its effectiveness. There are many common misconceptions about CBD given it’s nature. It is one of over 100 chemical compounds known as cannabinoids found in the cannabis or marijuana plant, Cannabis sativa. THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main psychoactive cannabinoid found in cannabis, and causes the sensation of getting “high” that’s often associated with marijuana. However, unlike THC, CBD...
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Consistency
Consistency: marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity - free from variation or contradiction. To us, consistency is the regularity of a behaviour, a pattern, a routine. Something you do every day, week or month that develops you as a person and keeps you moving forward. Take training for example, anyone that says you’re going to love every workout, every set, every rep or PB every session is, quite frankly, an idiot! Some days you’re going to absolutely smash your workout, other days you’re going to go into a training session feeling a bit ‘meh’ BUT you’re still going to...
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Sleep
It’s well documented that sleep has a significant impact on muscle recovery. And aside from the obvious effects of feeling groggy the next day, another pitfall of not getting enough sleep, and quality sleep at that, is that it affects your efforts in the gym. Most of us are able to ‘function just fine’ off of a few hours sleep a night but lack of sleep will always directly impact your body composition goals! Now, there are two main stages of sleep; REM (rapid eye movement) Sleep: occurs in cycles of about 90-120 minutes throughout the night, and it should...
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