10. July 2018Consumer Guide – you don’t stop, so neither do we Nutrition plays a key role in all sports. Matching the correct nutritional intake to the individual requirements can result in optimal performance. For further information, please read through Consumer Guide – Download PDF! FUELLED BY SCIENCE Science in Sport (SiS) believes that the most sophisticated piece of sports equipment you’ll ever own is your body. If you don’t put high performance sports nutrition in, you won’t get your full potential out. Full range of products are researched and developed by sport scientists in conjunction with international athletes. This scientific research underpins everything SiS does to ensure that all products meet the exacting standards of Informed Sport. This means that everything SiS does and every personal best you achieve with SiS, is FUELLED BY SCIENCE. You can read more from Consumer Guide. company origin SiS is a leading sports nutrition company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative sports nutrition products for professional athletes and sports enthusiasts. SiS was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in London, EC1N. Our manufacturing facility is in Nelson, Lancashire. product ranges SiS has three core product ranges: SiS GO, comprising of energy powders, isotonic energy gels, energy bars and hydration tablets; REGO, the complete recovery product; and PROTEIN which...
10. July 2018Caffeine – the key to legal performance enhancing WHAT IS CAFFEINE? Caffeine is one of the most heavily researched and beneficial ergogenic aids available. It is mostly consumed in coffee, with 1 cup containing around 75mg of caffeine. The understanding of the performance effect has increased and this has widened its use. Most people know that it may improve performance, but what does it actually do and how...
10. July 2018Hydration in the heat – how to survive? STAYING HYDRATED Staying hydrated is a much vaunted subject for runners, particularly in the warmer months. Even small levels of dehydration can impact performance, affecting your cooling mechanism and increasing your perception of effort. As you become more dehydrated your blood volume decreases, causing your heart rate to increase without any increase in work output. Your peripheral blood flow starts to...
10. July 2018Energy gel – how does it work? each energy gel is not the same – read carefully, why? There are a huge range of energy gels out there, but they can all be very different. Some of them use different energy sources, some contain protein, and others are so thick in consistency you struggle to get them down. The consistency of energy gel relates to it’s tonicity. This...
10. July 2018Marathon running – nutrition When you’ve got a lot going on, it’s not always easy to get the right levels of hydration and energy for training. Recovery In some respects, this can be even more prominent than nutrition during training. You’ll have to get used to back-to-back training days, but minimising muscle damage and encouraging adaptation is the key to ensuring on-going strength and...
10. July 2018Basketball nutrition – when, what and how much Basketball is a game of repeated sprints with a series of jumps, change of direction and high force contacts. The high physical demands of the game require appropriate fuelling to ensure you perform at your best. Although positional differences have different demands, defensive and offensive plays often result similar physical outcomes, allowing a nutrition strategy to created Energy Needs- Background...
10. July 2018Triathlon nutrition advice What will be build-up strategy: the importance of carbohydrate? Our muscles can store up to 300g or 2500kcal of glycogen to be used as energy. Glycogen is the main fuel you will use during your race. To make sure these stores are fully loaded, reducing the onset of fatigue, you can step up your overall carbohydrate intake in the 48...