Going into a rather big event on Saturday in the Six Foot
Track Marathon, I wanted to share some little known secrets that could ultimately
help to increase performance those extra couple of percent in the lead up.
Naturally these won’t make you an Olympian overnight, but they can help to push
you a little bit harder.
Firstly green tea is not only good for weight loss and feeling
of general wellbeing, but will also help to lift your VO2 Max in the lead up to
an event. I find that it also helps to put me in that heightened state of
alertness where your muscles start to twitch and you really want to race.
Echinacea is another natural product that can assist in
performance. Not only does it help to ward off colds and flu, but studies have
shown that taking 8000mg of it per day helps to increase the amount of EPO in
the blood. This peaks at 3 weeks and decreases again markedly after four weeks.
Now everyone knows that more EPO means more red blood cells, more power and
more oxygen – and it’s natural.
There are companies that will encourage you to take their
costly concoctions containing these everyday substances, but from what I’ve
read and what I’ve experienced, the same results can be obtained through buying
the bog standard products in their pure form.
These have worked for me and as stated before, I’m no doctor
and I’m not afraid to use myself as a guinea pig for methods that others might
find controversial.
Running together (while trying some controversial methods),
stride for stride on a life changing ride!—Sean Muller.
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