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Who Can Benefit from the Sportlegs Supplement?

When it comes to exercise supplements, you have hundreds of products to choose from to solve each specific performance problem. Making it even more difficult is the fact that some companies only advertise their supplements work for certain types of athletes. Looking for a product that boosts your endurance performance regardless of whether you're running a marathon, cycling 100 miles in one go, or climbing a cliff side this week? Sportlegs is just what you need to control the burn in your legs during those most challenging moments.

Lactate Isn't the Enemy

Most athletes are well aware of lactic acid. This is a by-product of the breakdown of glucose, which your muscles use for fuel during intense activity. It's not the lactic acid itself that causes your muscles to burn painfully, but rather that it gets built up because the body can't flush it out as quickly. You do need some amount of lactic acid in your muscles to perform. Managing the amount of acid produced allows you to perform while reducing the discomfort you feel during training or a race. Sportlegs adds lactate to your blood stream to tell your body to wait longer before triggering a major flush of lactic acid.

Who Needs Sportlegs?

Since this supplement reduces pain caused by lactic acid buildup, any athlete that uses their legs can benefit from taking a few tablets an hour before an event begins. Some of the sports in which athletes can most benefit from Sportlegs include:

• Cycling
• Running
• Swimming, both racing and synchronized
• Hiking
• Climbing and rappelling
• Decathlons and triathlons
• Hockey and figure skating
• Rollerblading
• Speed walking
• Soccer
• Football
• Weightlifting
• Mixed martial arts and other competitive fighting formats
• Baseball
• Basketball

Uses for Sportlegs Outside of Athletics

While this supplement was obviously designed for both hobby and professional athletes, it also helps anyone who uses their legs on a daily basis for work. For example, linemen who climb dozens of power poles and towers a day will feel a lot less exhausted at the end of the day if they take Sportlegs in the morning. Even retail employees should keep a bottle on hand for those Black Friday sales and inventory overhauls that leave them walking dozens of miles a day around the store. Any kind of exercise can trigger soreness and burning due to lactic acid buildup, so you don't need to be a marathon runner to appreciate the effects of this safe supplement. If you have restless legs syndrome, you may also find Sportlegs a helpful way to reduce the cramping and sensations keeping you awake at night. It's well worth a try, especially when other treatments are failing to work or lose effectiveness over time.

Ready to give Sportlegs a try? We've got it here at ProLine Sports Nutrition. Whether you want to visit our store in person or prefer to shop online, we can supply you with all the performance supplements you need.

Steps to Help You Achieve Endurance Athlete Status

When you watch an NBA game, you might be amazed that the best athletes can compete for 30 to 40 minutes a night and still be at the top of their games. Basketball players run the equivalent of two miles per game, while soccer players might run three or four times that distance. Other endurance athletes, like cyclists or marathon runners, have to train just as hard to keep themselves in good enough shape to be able to conquer huge distances. What are the secrets to their success?

Go from Small to Big

A factor for endurance workouts in the corner of even the worst couch potatoes is that no endurance athletes go the full distance in their training. In fact, quite the opposite — training occurs gradually and builds up to one big push. The body performs better when it gradually builds up to an effort, rather than trying to re-create that effort over time. As such, any athlete (pro or amateur) who wants to improve their endurance should start small and then push themselves on only one training day per week. For example, start marathon training by running a mile on Monday, two miles on Tuesday, one mile on Wednesday, two miles on Thursday, and five miles on Friday. Monitor your progress and pace using a tracker like a Garmin to make sure you're going far enough but not pushing yourself too far.

Stretch it Out

One of the fiercest debates in the fitness industry these days involves the role and importance of stretching. Go to any basketball or hockey game and you'll be certain to see athletes stretching before they subject themselves to 60 minutes of the most intense workout in the world. Some experts, however, believe that stretching after a workout is more beneficial than stretching before. Whether you prefer to do it before or after, take the time to flex your muscles, extend your joints, and get each muscle working. Muscles that cannot extend fully run the risk of cramping, tearing and fatiguing over the course of a long-distance game or workout.  

Make Time for Recovery

Sometimes the most important part of a workout is what happens as soon as you step off the treadmill or bike. Lifting even the heaviest weight means nothing if you are not able to properly recover from a workout, increase the blood flow through your body and get the necessary nutrients for muscle growth. Supplements go a long way toward managing the recovery from an endurance workout because they replace the minerals and vitamins that you sweat out. They can alleviate the buildup of lactic acid that creates soreness after long workouts, too.

Want to be able to push yourself to new limits? Check out the products that ProLine has available to athletes to help prepare, perform and recover from the most intense workouts.