Endura For Your Sport

  1. Endurance sports, e.g. marathons, triathlons;
  2. High impact sports, e.g. football, basketball; or
  3. Low impact sports, e.g. walking, pilates, tenpin bowling.

These categorisations are based upon the different physical and nutritional demands different types of sports place on the body. This allows specific Endura products to be recommended to suit the unique needs of each different sport.

Endurance Sports

Endurance sports typically involve disciplines such as running, cycling, swimming, kayaking and surf lifesaving. Other sports may also fall into this category; for example, a five set game of tennis, or test cricket (where a batsman can be at the crease for 8 hours or more).

Endurance sports involve sustained, prolonged aerobic exercise for hours, or even days. Endurance competition and training requires energy in the form of carbohydrates to be consistently delivered to the working muscles in order to support this sustained physical activity. During endurance exercise, carbohydrates can be depleted at a rate of 3-4 grams per minute. If this is sustained for 2 hours or more, a very large portion of the total body carbohydrate stores will be exhausted. If not checked, this will result in reduced performance and even exercise-induced muscle loss as the body starts breaking down muscle to meet energy demands.

Many athletes cannot consume enough food before, or during exercise to maintain blood sugar levels and body carbohydrate stores. This is where Endura Rehydration Formula and Endura Energy Gels are extremely useful.

  • Endura Rehydration Formula: Endura Rehydration Formula provides the highest quality carbohydrates, electrolytes and specific key minerals, such as magnesium, potassium and sodium, which are in high demand by the body due to the unique nature of endurance sports. This is a scientifically advanced rehydration drink that is designed to replace glycogen and electrolytes in optimal ratios to aid in faster re-hydration. It includes patented magnesium, Meta Mag™, to help relieve muscular aches, help prevent cramping and improve stamina. Consuming Endura Rehydration Formula before, during and after endurance exercise may help prevent blood glucose levels falling too low and also help replenish the body's glycogen stores and reduce exercise induced muscle breakdown.
  • Endura Energy Gels: Endura Energy Gels are a concentrated source of carbohydrates, providing a big boost of energy in a single compact serve. For particularly long and gruelling events, Endura Energy Gels can also be used in conjunction with Endura Rehydration Formula. Each 35 g Endura Energy Gel contains 26 g of high impact carbohydrates to replenish your glycogen stores and give you the fuel to keep going.

High Impact Sports

This category of sports is by far the most common and popular. High impact sport involves intense frequent bursts of movement such as sprinting and/or jumping. High impact sports result in a fast sweat and a high heart rate. High impact sports involve both aerobic and anaerobic (without oxygen) energy systems to meet energy demands.

Common high impact sports include basketball, rugby, AFL, hockey, netball, tennis, soccer, cricket (batting and bowling), track and field athletics, motocross, BMX, mountain biking and volley ball; to name just a few. Studies also suggest the oxygen consumption and heart rate of professional race car drivers are similar to athletes in traditional sport settings.

For those who participate in high impact sports, Endura Optimizer, Endura Creatine Plus and Endura Max need to be your first supplements of choice.

  • Endura Optimizer: Endura Optimizer is your first choice for optimising performance and recovery in all high impact sports. This formula contains hydrolysed lactalbumin – a specific whey protein extract that has been pre-digested to form a complex of di- and tri-peptides for rapid absorption and uptake by the muscles. It also includes high energy, easy-to-digest carbohydrates to enhance glycogen synthesis and supply a steady stream of energy to keep you performing at your peak.
  • Endura Creatine Plus: Creatine provides the necessary nutrients to help increase and optimise the anaerobic energy production so vital to the short intense bursts of speed and power commonly seen in AFL or basketball, for example. Creatine is combined with glutamine (the most abundant protein in muscle) and HMB (an anticatabolic nutritional factor), which facilitates and optimises the body’s synthesis of muscle and reduces muscle break down. Creatine supplementation has been shown to enhance athletic performance and recovery. Think Endura Creatine Plus for instant explosive power on demand.
  • Endura Max: Magnesium has been shown to help increase physical performance in athletes. Magnesium is a vital nutrient that is involved in many important processes, including energy production. Endura Max delivers high doses of magnesium, taurine and B vitamins to ensure the body has the necessary building blocks to assist with optimal stamina. Just 2 serves of Endura Max per day will be sufficient, delivering 6 grams of taurine and 600 milligrams of elemental magnesium.

Low Impact Exercise

Low impact exercise generally involves movements where there is generally one foot on the ground at all times, and without significant elevation of heart rate. Low impact exercise can also include cycling and swimming. The advantage of low impact exercise is that it’s easy on the muscles and joints and ideal for the elderly or injured. Some other examples of low impact exercise include walking, tenpin bowling, pilates, water exercise, gentle forms of yoga, lawn bowls and bush walking. For low impact sports, consider Endura Maintain as part of your regular supplement regimen.

  • Endura Maintain: Endura Maintain is a high protein, low carbohydrate and low fat protein powder to maintain and build lean muscle mass and facilitate weight loss in people who participate in low impact exercise and sports that don’t require supplemental carbohydrates.

Individual Specific Sports Nutrition

Even though we have discussed sports-specific supplementation, it is important to remember that as your individual needs may vary, there are several other products in the Endura range that can be used to enhance performance for all types of sports. To find out if you would benefit from more individual specific products such as Endura CoQ10 150, Endura N-Acetyl Carnitine, or Endura Overtraining Formula, talk to your local Endura supplier today.

Endura: Supplements For You

The Endura range truly has something to offer all sports and levels of competition. Whether you’re a professional athlete, weekend warrior or recreational sporting enthusiast, the Endura range can fill your unique nutritional needs. Do yourself and your family a favour by including the right Endura supplements into your sports nutritional regimen.