Extreme Sports

It’s hard to cram so many calories into each day and nutritional supplements can make it easier, and tastier, to meet your daily quota. Most sports supplements contain the finest ingredients so you can rest assured that you’re getting energy-dense complex carbs with little or no sugar or fat. Afterall who wants to add even one pound of fat to a lean and mean athletic physique.

Staying hydrated is a must and replenishing electrolytes prevents severe dehydration and maintains optimal fluid and mineral levels in the body.

Due to the nature of the sport extreme athletes sweat – a lot – and this water loss needs to be replaced to keep you at the top of your game. Due to the rapid fire nature of most extreme sports it’s often hard to hydrate during the event, so your nutritional intake for the weeks leading up to the event is even more important.

Nutritional supplements make it easier to eat healthy, nutrient-dense meals on a regular basis with all the macronutrients that athletes need.

After training, or your event, is over its imperative that you replenish glycogen and consume high amounts of protein so you get on a fast-track to recovery and any damaged muscle fibres are rapidly repaired. Other supplements help you get stronger and more aggressive in your training and fast-track your recovery between workouts.

Supplements can take your training to a new level and there are daily basics that extreme athletes require and others that can be used pre, intra and post workout to increase your performance.

Taking a Multi-Vitamin can make up for nutritional shortfalls and help you stay healthy. Many contain Antioxidants, or you can find stand-alone ingredients like Alpha-Lipoic Acid, which may reduce soreness and fatigue, improve circulation and help the immune system. oint supplements can prevent injury, reduce swelling in joints and even have an anti-inflammatory effect.

To push your body to the limit, extreme athletes require energy and stamina, as well as mental focus. Caffeine and other Energy supplements can maximise your physical and mental potentials.

Extreme sports usually involve punishing the body and always pushing to reach the next level. When you tear your body down, you must build it back up and Post Workout supplements like L-Glutamine can reduce recovery times after hard efforts and increase immunity to avoid overtraining.

What you eat after every workout can determine how fast you repair muscle fibres so Meal Replacements, Nutrition Bars and Ready-to-Drinks are an ideal choice for within the one hour post-workout window.

Electrolyte drinks can be used before, during and after workouts to rehydrate and replace lost mineral salts lost through sweating or high temperatures and will reduce fatigue due to the carbohydrate content.