Researchers from Charles Sturt University recently investigated the effects of hydration on performance in a self-paced high-intensity cycling workout in moderate-temperature and hot environments. On four separate occasions, seven subjects performed a stationary cycling workout consisting of 60 minutes at moderate intensity with 6 x 1-minute all-out efforts spaced throughout it. They completed the workout [...]

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Following is the abstract of a study bt researchers at the University of Alberta, Canada, and published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology:
“The purpose of this research was to examine whether exercisers and nonexercisers are rated similarly on a variety of characteristics by a sample of randomly selected regular exercisers, nonexercisers who [...]

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It is a widely held view among nutrition experts that Americans eat too much saturated fat relative to the amount of unsaturated fat they eat. This imbalance is suspected to cause problems such as stiffening of the arterial walls, as unsaturated fats make for much more flexible cells membranes when incorporated into them than saturated [...]

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There’s an interesting new study in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine that looks at the relationship between health behaviors and life satisfaction. Researchers from University College London essentially sought to determine whether people with healthy lifestyles are happier than people with less healthy lifestyles. More than 17,000 students between the ages of 17 and [...]

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Less than five miles into the Beijing Olympic Women’s Marathon, a bone in American Deena Kastor’s foot was snapped. In an eyeblink her race was over. Four years of preparation by the defending bronze medalist spiralled down the drain.
Doctors later told Kastor that the break might have been precipitated by low vitamin D levels [...]

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It’s the great Catch-22 of weight management: in order to lose weight you have to eat less, but when you eat less you get hungry, and when you’re hungry you eat more. Well, maybe not. A new study by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA, suggests that it may be possible [...]

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Today, March 23, is the official launch day of Forze GPS. It’s been a long time in coming, and we’re extremely excited about this milestone. After all, Forze GPS is not just a new product. It represents a whole new product category: one we might call “appetite management foods for athletes”. This product category simply [...]

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Lawrence Armstrong of the University of Connecticut is one of the world’s leading experts on thermoregulation during exercise. Recently he and his colleagues at UConn responded to speculation that creatine supplementation may increase dehydration and impair thermoregulation during exercise by reviewing the available research in this area. They found 95 relevant articles, 10 of which [...]

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A new report from England’s University of Southampton has established an unsurprising link between the diets of mothers and the health of their children. Based on an analysis of studies on the diets of women of reproductive age, pregnant women, young mothers, foetuses, and very young children, and on risks of various chronic diseases such [...]

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We are very pleased to announce that chocolate peanut butter and cranberry nut flavor Forze GPS nutrition bars and vanilla flavor Forze GPS drinks are in production and on their way to a retailer near you. The official launch date of the product is Monday, March 23–just one week from today!
For up-to-date information on where [...]

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