Thursday 16 September 2010

Supplementation for Triathletes

At USN we are continually developing an Endurance Sports range specific for those who require maximal performance throughout sustained intense physical exertion. The range focuses on products that improve your performance, energy and recovery. The variety of products offers unrivalled nutritional supplementation for every individual athletes need.

The USN Endurance Sport range offers 2 fantastic products to be used during training or competition. Endurosport gives the ultimate in carbohydrate supply for pre sport, during and recovery phases of exertion, it delivers vital nutrients that boost your endurance, recovery and overall performance. If you prefer a lighter sports drink then Cytopower is our sports fuel packed with electrolytes that enable enhanced tolerance of exercise, increased performance and shortened recovery times. It can be mixed specific to individual needs to form a Hypertonic or Isotonic solution.

As most athletes will know, the initial 30 – 45 minutes after exercise is paramount, it is during this time you can make a massive difference in your recovery (as well as laying the foundations for your next training session). A rapid and readily available supply of carbohydrates post training will help replace exhausted stores in the muscles, and help prevent muscles tissue breakdown. Recovery Excell offers a combination of carbs and fast acting proteins that help energy recovery and tissue repair.


Protein for the Triathlete
Protein supplementation can be the missing link in ensuring ultimate human performance in endurance sports such as triathlon, duathon and ironman. The “protein shake” is often perceived as something beneficial to those wanting to build muscle or bulk up… but in all actuality is essential for a healthy lifestyle and should be a key aspect of every athletes nutrition.

Protein is the structural core of the human body and is at work in every single cell. It performs many essential functions in the body such as aiding the transportation of nutrients, oxygen and nitrogen, as well as its function in helping tissue regeneration and growth. But for the endurance athlete protein has key benefits in helping enhance energy recovery post exercise, improve muscle tissue regeneration reducing the onset of injury and potentially OTS, improve muscular endurance and even act as a fuel preventing breakdown of muscles tissue.

Our variety of protein based supplements offer a solution to every endurance athletes needs. The range Includes great daily use proteins such as Pure Protein IGF and 100% Whey Protein that help you maintain a healthy and strong body with enhanced muscle recovery and reduced soreness between training sessions. Muscle Fuel STS provides a sustained and continual release of protein to help recovery as well as containing a range of essential vitamin and minerals. It can be used any time of day, and as a boost to your energy intake too. Finally we have Pure Protein Fuel RTD, our high protein, reduced Carbohydrate, low fat drink that is ideal for during or after your workout.

USN is committed to educate the benefits of protein supplementation in endurance sport and dispelling the common myths normally associated. Our proteins are of the highest quality in both source and blend which lends our products to be market leading in flavour and content. Don’t just take our word for it, listen to what the real athletes have to say….