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TFS’s Top Picks of 2006 Nutritional Supplements

Posted December 22nd, 2006 at 9:11 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Announcements, Running & Training, Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Hydration, Supplements, Product Reviews, Special Features, Health & Fitness, TFS Reviews, TFS Top Picks

The Final Sprint, through an exhaustive process of product reviews and a comparison of empirical data, has determined the best nutritional products to help fuel and replenish your bodies.

These TFS Top Picks of 2006 are the best of their kind and will help you to finish strong in your next race.

Stay tuned because later today TFS will publish our list of the year’s best gear and accessories!

Endurance Beverages (use during activity)

• Top Pick: Amino Vital Endurance Mix & Shake
• Runner-up: Powerbar Endurance Sports Drink

Recovery Beverage (use after activity)

• Top Pick: Endurox R4
• Runner-up: Amino Vital Endurance Mix & Shake

Energy Bars

• Top Pick: Clif Bar
• Runner-up: Powerbar Performance

Energy Gels

• Top Pick: Accel Gels
• Runner-up: GU Energy Gels
• Best alternative: Jelly Belly Sport Beans

Meal Replacement Shakes

• Top Pick: Vega Whole Food Meal Replacement
• Runner-up: EAS Myoplex Deluxe

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Portable electrolyte tablets: What’s all the buzz about?

Posted December 16th, 2006 at 6:19 PM by Jonathan Faccone

Section: Nutrition, Hydration, Race Prep & Recov, Supplements

Since the advent of Gatorade, manufacturers have been in fierce competition to one-up each other with new and better ways to fuel athletes. This has created a very saturated market; one that features a plethora of choices for competitive athletes. As a result, athletes vary greatly, especially in the world of endurance sports, about which option they believe is the most effective.

One alternative that has begun to slowly, pick-up steam in the market is the electrolyte tablet. There has been a lot of buzz surrounding these portable tablets, such as Nuun and Zym, because they are quick and convenient mechanisms for obtaining vital replenishment of electrolytes and other vitamins.
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TFS Review: Gatorade Endurance Formula

Posted November 30th, 2006 at 1:00 PM by Jonathan Faccone

Section: Nutrition, Hydration, Race Prep & Recov, Product Reviews, Special Features, TFS Reviews

Check out TFS’s review of Gatorade’s Endurance Formula; a revolutionary new product for mainstream endurance sports.

Product: Gatorade Endurance Formula
Price: $1.49 (24 oz bottle), $1.69 (34 oz bottle), $24.99 (50.2 oz powder canister)
Rating: Very Good 8.3/10.0
Pros: Provides increased electrolytes and other benefits for endurance athletes; good value; convenient to purchase
Cons: Slightly salty taste; could include some additional vitamins
Overall: If you can get over the slight difference in taste, then all things considered - Gatorade Endurance Formula is one of the top hydration choices for your training runs and endurance events.

Effectiveness - 8.5 - I used the Gatorade Endurance Formula during several of my training workouts and found it be more effective than my traditional endurance sports drink. I noticed that it prevented me from feeling as fatigued in the latter stages of my workouts; presumably because of its substantially increased electrolyte and potassium content. The Endurance Formula has nearly twice the amount of sodium and potassium as Gatorade’s original formula and substantially more of both nutrients than Accelerade. Read the rest of this entry »

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