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Are you missing a vital mineral? - Reducing muscle soreness, cramps and fatigue
When your muscles are engaged in the rapid fire contraction and relaxation of physical exercise, if there is too much calcium (the initiator of contractions) and too little magnesium (the initiator of relaxation), muscle cramps and build-up of lactic acid can result.
To train or not to train? When to come back to fitness after illness
If you want to avoid recurrent illness and constant fatigue, it’s imperative to take a patient approach to coming back to exercise.
How do you achieve fitness success?
What makes successful athletes stand out? Is it all about having unique talent and being physiologically fortunate? Ask any winning Olympic athlete how they got to the top and they will tell you, it’s not just because they had the right body shape or some natural skill.