Ibuprofen Inneffective During Exercise

Ibuprofen is often used by endurance athletes, to aid in increasing recovery. This is because long duration endurance events actually create quite a bit of oxidative stress on our bodies and all of the pounding can create muscle and joint stiffness, soreness, and aches. Some athletes will actually take ibuprofen …

Warming Up

First the bad news: for those who race in the morning, afternoon performances have been found to be better than morning, because the body has been awake longer (Atkinson, Todd, Reilly, and Waterhouse, 2005).

Now the good news: this means you need to warm up to get the body more …