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The BodyHealth Newsletter Protein Recovery
April 19, 2006

Greetings,

Congrats to all who braved the cold in Oceanside. Well done. Nice to see many of you there and in Tempe. This week: Should you stretch?, running faster, carbs and cycling performance, and body builders love MAP too. Have a great week!

- D.I. Minkoff, M.D.

In This Issue
  • Faster is Better - Part 3 of 3 - Running
  • The Premium Daily Supplement+DETOX
  • Is stretching before workouts good for you?
  • MAP Weight Lifting Success
  • What do endurance athletes need DURING workouts?
  • Three Ways to Earn Free MAP

  • The Premium Daily Supplement+DETOX


    BodyHealth Complete+Detox is the most optimum blend of organic whole food nutrients, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and liver detox support nutritionals to give the body what it needs so that it can continue to perform at its highest level, despite the non-ideal conditions it finds itself in.

    Why Take a Multivitamin with Detoxification Support? Here are four more good reasons:

    1. Most fish have mercury and chemical residues.
    2. Even if we are drinking purified water, most of us shower in water that is full of chemicals, or sit in jacuzzi’s or swimming pools that are full of chemicals that enter our system every day that must be dealt with.
    3. Our foods are contaminated with phthalates from plastic wraps, Styrofoam, Tupperware, and non- stick coatings from fry pans, that enter our system.
    4. Our clothes, mattresses, and sheets, are full of chemicals, flame retardants, preservatives, and anti-fungals, that enter our bodies through the skin.

    Learn more about BodyHealth Complete+Detox


    Is stretching before workouts good for you?


    Probably NOT!

    The latest from the American College of Sports Medicine suggests that pre-exercise warm up consist of only cardiovascular exercise.

    1. Several large studies have shown that pre-exercise static stretching does not prevent injury. (Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000;32:271-7)

    2. Static stretching decreases muscle strength endurance. (Strength Cond Res 2005;19:338-43)

    3. Quadriceps strength was reduced by 12% after static stretching (Med Sci Sprots Exerc 2004;36:1389-96)

    4. 20 meter sprint times were much slower in college athletes following four 30 second static stretches of hams, quads, and calf muscles. (Sports Sci 2005;23:449-54)


    MAP Weight Lifting Success


    I’m not an endurance athlete, but I heard about MAP and decided to give it a try. I’m a weight lifting gym rat. I am writing to tell you that I could tell the difference from day one. I took 10 tablets before my workout. Usually as the sets progress I get tired and have to really push to get the reps done. Not so on MAP. I was doing more reps and higher weights. I was amazed. The difference is astounding. What a great product. I just donated my whey protein to the local homeless shelter. MAP rules. Thanks, S.A.


    What do endurance athletes need DURING workouts?


    Carbohydrate feeding during exercise has great benefits. The study looked at Dutch cyclists on a 75 minute training ride at 80% VO2 max. They were tested with a radiolabeled glucose to see how much of the glucose drink was used and how much liver glycogen and lean muscle was metabolized for energy during the trial. They found that glucose feeding during exercise reduced liver glycogen usage by 12% and muscle glycogen usage by 16%. What was even more significant was that protein breakdown was reduced by over 60%!

    What does this mean?

    When the body is not getting enough...


    Three Ways to Earn Free MAP


    We have several programs through which you can earn free MAP.

    MAP Winner's Circle -- Win your age group in a sanctioned event and win a free bottle of MAP.

    Automatic Re-order Program -- When you sign up for our Auto Re-order program, every 12th bottle is free.

    Affiliate Program -- Register as an Affiliate, then have the people you refer enter your name on their order form. Every time you have earned 12 credits, we will ship you a free bottle of MAP.


    Faster is Better - Part 3 of 3 - Running

    By Cherie Gruenfeld IM Age Group World Champion

    A successful Ironman Triathlon is all about the run.

    Sounds like a fairly bold statement considering you have to get through a 2.4 mile swim and 112 miles on the bike before you even put on your running shoes.

    Yes, in 2004 we saw Normann Stadler win Ironman with an astonishing breakaway on the bike, but Kona historians are quick to remind us of John Howard's 1981 win. The year prior, he had blasted the bike record only to fade to 3rd on the run. To get the win in 1981, he backed off 35 minutes on the bike and, with that more conservative pace, improved his run by fifty minutes over 1980 and took top honors. Winning Ironman on the bike has been done, but not often enough for we mere mortals to plan our race strategy on it. So, let's proceed with our discussion of that all-so-important last discipline – The Run.

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