Carb loading involves adjusting your diet and exercise levels for 1 to 3 days to boost the amount of carbs stored in your body. It may improve exercise performance, but it’s not necessary for all ...

A creatine loading phase is when a person takes a higher dose than the maintenance level for several days. Proponents suggest this saturates the muscles with creatine, allowing people to experience ...

Whether you’re a first-time marathon runner, or you’ve got multiple medals hanging on your wall, there’s one thing all marathoners want to feel (other than injury-free) when they get to that start ...

Correspondence to Professor Philip Glasgow, Sports Institute Northern Ireland, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT37 0QB, UK; philglasgow{at}sini.co.uk The acronym PRICE (protection, ...

During the creatine loading phase, you take high doses of creatine for 5 to 7 days before moving on to lower maintenance doses. This may be the quickest way to reap the benefits of creatine. Creatine ...