Carmine Orlandi

The design of nutritional strategies in rugby must follow the characterization of a situational team sport where players are expected to be physically competent in a range of areas including aerobic fitness, strength, speed and power. Nutrition and supplementation therefore play a fundamental role for the energy aspect and for meeting the specific needs of these athletes.

Beach volleyball is a team sport that was born as a variant of volleyball. Specific skills and abilities are needed to excel in this sport: the role of nutrition, hydration and integration is also central to achieving high and quality performance. Let's find out together in this article all the secrets to play this summer sport (and not only) in the best possible way.

In a sedentary person, the daily water change is about 2.5 liters (balance between entries and exits), but the liquids that actually circulate in the entire digestive system amount to a total of about 9 liters. In an athlete the quantities vary considerably, due to an increase in outputs, mainly in the form of sweat. These losses must be adequately offset by an increase in revenue.

Can creatine supplementation really improve athletic performance? After years of studies, it can be said that creatine supplementation can accompany and modify metabolic adaptations following exercise.

Echinacea is a perennial herbaceous plant that includes at least 9 species and is known for its healing, anti-infective and strengthening of the immune system. The subject, in reality, is much more complex than it may appear and be also very interesting, it is worth deepening it together.

Probiotic therapy, following the specific warnings, can be a natural and effective approach to restore the integrity of the intestinal barrier and eubiosis, resulting in better absorption of nutrients and better general health, including the reduction of incidence and severity of intestinal diseases.