Resistence. A key word for all athletes, especially those who have to deal with long distances and many hours of activity. These are the characteristics of endurance sports: cycling, swimming, cross-country skiing and running, just to name a few of the most important. Practices that require correct integration: before, during and after physical activity. An aspect absolutely not to be underestimated.
THE PROLONGED EFFORT
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Sports that require prolonged effort over time, energy consumption is, therefore, extremely high. Hence the need for the athlete to compensate and integrate during practice, but also before and after. Think of cycling, an extremely popular sport that is in the limelight these days with the start of the Giro d’Italia: there are many kilocalories burned, sweating leads to a loss of mineral salts and endogenous carbohydrate reserves can run out after about hour of prolonged effort. For example, after an intense hour of cycling 500kcal can be burned, although it clearly depends on many factors such as speed, pace and gradient.
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATION
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But not only that, from two hours onwards, supplementation is necessary to reduce the loss of mineral salts (such as sodium and chlorine) and to prevent the reduction of glycogen (primary energy source) from the body. In the following hours, for even longer bike rides, it is necessary to continue integrating for the reasons already expressed in the previous lines. Here it is good to rely on products designed specifically for this type of activity, for example Argivit, a food supplement based on vitamins, mineral salts and energy principles that help to curb tiredness and fatigue.
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THE RECOVERY
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After integrating the carbohydrates, after the first hour/hour and a half of activity, beyond two hours, the need to recover the mineral salts lost mainly through sweating arises. The same goes for vitamins, the deficiency of which after exercise can lead to physical fatigue. All these components are present in supplements Argivitfundamental both during the effort and after the activity, so as to be able to represent support in all the different phases: before, during and after the effort. In this regard, you must also pay attention to overloading. Both in terms of consecutive hours of effort and in reference to the frequency with which a demanding activity such as the ones is carried out endurance sports, especially cycling. Integration is essential to have the energy necessary to perform at your best, but at the same time it is very important to take care of yourself time to recover: an overload of activity risks being harmful to the body and not functional for achieving the sporting results one aspires to.
