We all talk about addictions in our daily lives without giving much importance: we declare ourselves addicted to a series or a drink, or a brand … In colloquial language, we all know what we mean. Strictly speaking, an addiction is something very serious related to the search for immediate rewards.

All the people who want to get in shape ask themselves the same question when they start training: “what do I have to do?” Is it better to go for a run, train at the gym or do Pilates to achieve the goals I am looking for? With the wide range of sports available to us today and

The lactic acid has been and continues to be crucified among many members of the sports community for allegedly being very bad and being the cause of fatigue , etc. etc. But is this true? Is lactic acid the cause of fatigue? And, first, is it correct to use the term “lactic acid” ? Let’s start

As already mentioned in previous articles, more important than the physical exercise we do or the routine we follow in the gym is the food we carry, since the contribution of nutrients will provide us with the necessary energy. And as with the exercises, beginners often make certain mistakes with their diet whose repercussions can range from simply slower

Black food like the night, like the asphalt, black like … like … like coal, go. Although the color black in the food is not at first too appetizing (unless we have a plate of calamari in its ink, how rich!), An ingredient has become fashionable: it is precisely coal. Specifically activated carbon.

In a previous post we talked about the need to take supplements if the diet did not cover everything necessary, always from a health point of view, but today we are going to talk about supplements for athletes. In this new entry on supplements we are going to talk about those supplements that work and that can help

We all know that to quench thirst it is necessary to drink liquids. We are going through a heat wave throughout the country that sets us on the sofa and makes us not leave the house. We tell you how to hydrate properly so you can exercise without problem, take note!

We have already commented on the damn thing that stress is as a factor with influence on our health: it can come from different causes that we do not always know how to recognize, and each one can produce a different effect, which makes it difficult to identify it as a problem and to treat it effectively.

Many people combine strength and endurance training to improve these skills and performance, and many sports require such a combination. The inclusion of strength training (to gain strength and / or hypertrophy ) combined with resistance training in a single program is known as concurrent training. Numerous scientific studies have found that the simultaneous development of muscle strength and cardiovascular endurance capacities can lead to interference

The ferric state of an individual is the result between the iron contributed and the losses of said mineral. In the case of the athlete, the maintenance of body iron may be more difficult than in the general population, due to factors such as increased hemolysis (rupture of red blood cells), gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria (presence of blood in the urine) or excessive sweating.