9 Strategies for Year-Round Hydration
Whether it's the summer heat or winter chill, staying hydrated is essential for your athletic performance. In cold weather, hydration helps regulate body temperature and keep muscles firing, while in...
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Blonyx Research Update: New Insights on Creatine for Endurance, Beetroot Juice, and Low-Carb Diets
New research is challenging common assumptions around some of the most popular performance nutrition strategies. This week, we look at whether creatine really helps endurance athletes, how your mouth chemistry...
Your Body Doesn't Know the Difference Between Work Stress and Training Stress
Your body doesn't distinguish between sources of stress. The nervous system and hormonal pathways that respond to a hard interval session are the same ones responding to a difficult week...
Blonyx Research Update: Fruit May Change Your Mood, Heat Therapy Can Impacts Muscle Growth, and How Nutrition Supports Recovery
New research suggests increasing fruit and vegetable intake may positively influence mood, post-training heat exposure could support muscle growth after resistance training, and nutrition may play a bigger role in...
The Hidden Factors That Change How Well Your Supplements Work
You probably already know why you take the supplements you take. Whether it's nitrates for race-day oxygen efficiency, creatine for strength and power, or beta-alanine for a stronger finishing kick,...
Blonyx Research Update: 3 Supplements Making a Strong Case for Recovery and Healthy, Active Aging
Three new studies strengthen the case for some familiar supplements. One uncovers a potentially new mechanism behind tart cherry's recovery benefits, another explores how HMB supports muscle maintenance in the...
What Happens When Athletes Don't Eat Enough?
Sometimes, training volume increases faster than food intake keeps up. A runner starts marathon training. A cyclist heads into a big riding block. A HYROX athlete adds extra conditioning sessions....
Blonyx Research Update: The Performance Benefits of Baking Soda, Green Tea Boosts Metabolism, and Collagen for Bone Health
From baking soda to green tea extract and collagen peptides, these studies examine some lesser-discussed supplements and the evidence behind their potential role in training, recovery, and long-term athletic health....
Why Not All Carbohydrates Fuel You the Same Way
Over the last decade, carbohydrate recommendations for endurance athletes have increased from 30–60 grams per hour to 90–140 grams per hour for longer efforts, but those carbs only become fuel...
Blonyx Research Update: Arthritis and Running, Cycling Gadgets, and Should You Go Low Carb?
Research this week looks at what running mechanics really look like in athletes with knee arthritis, why most cycling nutrition tech still falls short for everyday athletes, and how two...
Michaela Khan: There’s No Perfect Way to Run
Michaela Khan spends her days studying running biomechanics at UBC, analyzing how athletes move and what the research actually says about performance, injury, and technique. From being told she “ran...
Blonyx Research Update: Caffeine’s Impact On Sleep, Fuelling Injury Recovery, and Vitamin D’s Muscle-Building Benefits
Recovery is shaped by more than what happens in the gym. These three studies explore how caffeine can affect sleep quality, how nutrition can support injury recovery, and why vitamin...