Sponsored Goods
Reviews of goods from Allsports International Limited and Tatami Fightwear.
Tatami Fightwear Sponsor Helen Currie
Following on from her recent interview with Kombat Clinic that has dragged her onto the internet and exposed her to the rest of the country Helen has been snapped up by Tatami Fightwear to help promote and develop training equipment for women.
This is looking like a great opportunity for both and can only assist the development of womenin BJJ and MMA in the UK.
They have already released the first wave of women's equipment with more to follow.
Tatami Fightwear have a full range of competition regulation gis for all sexes including childrens range.
They also carry stock of rash guards, t-shirts, hoodies, belts for men, women and children. Check out their web site here
To be honest, I'm surprised that someone hadn't approached her already being the only female black belt in the country and 1 of only 2 in Europe.
How good is the gi?
Helen's initial thoughts on the competition gi "brilliant fit, best fit of any gi I have ever had, including the more expensive ones. Tatami have definately got it right with the cut and fit of their ladies gis. Going to train hard, wash hard and see where we are after that. First impressions? Brilliant gi, would recommend to anyone. Have the Zero G too to trial next"
“Your body will never get used to it, you will never become addicted to it, it is completely drug free, made from naturally occuring ingredients. How’s that for a product - and no need to worry about any doping tests.
Can you imagine! This technique allows you to selectively pump the aminos directly to the muscle groups that need it most, the ones you have just trained! No other technique will allow for this kind of advantage - nutrient transport to a specific muscle group”.
Every time you train it’s an opportunity to improve. If you don’t use amino load it’s an opportunity wasted.
This idea is so simple yet the results are staggeringly effective. lmagine this: You are training a particular muscle group which is a problem area for you. You blitz hell out of it, risking injury, overtraining with every set, but no results are forthcoming. How do you get that extra edge? Here’s How: When you work that muscle group you also deplete glycogen levels in that particular area leaving it open to the super compensation process mentioned before. So imagine the state that the muscle group is in right after you’ve blitzed it. It’s depleted, torn up waiting for the nutrients it needs to grow. You swallow a hi carb drink with free form amino acids - Amino Load!
The carbohydrate heads straight for the glycogen hungry muscle carrying with it all the amino acids necessary for muscle synthesis.
The advantages to the competing athlete are also obvious.
Rapid recovery with no muscle breakdown.
There’s one other unique advantage that Amino Load will deliver - It will work the first time you use it and it will work every time you use it.
How does caffeine and glucose work?
Caffeine is a legally allowed natural stimulant and its effects have been known for thousands of years. Caffeine acts directly upon the central nervous system bringing about an almost immediate sense of clearer thought and a lessening of fatigue. It also brings about the release of stored glycogen (animal sugar) from the liver bringing about 'caffeine lift'.
Glucose provides essential energy for the central nervous system and the brain is almost entirely reliant on it as its fuel.
What are the benefits?
Many people regard the best benefit to be had from using caffeine, is its ability to burn bodyfat as fuel, this spares glycogen, a real boon during endurance events.This effect however does not kick in until 3 or 4 hours after taking. But we are not promoting 'Finale Boost' as a fat burner, we have developed it specifically for its other benefit as a quick energy boost and to help a tiring person concentrate better, this effect kicks in after a few minutes. The fat burning benefit which kicks in later is an added bonus as far as we are concerned.
Since the seventies it has been fashionable for many athletes to use cola drinks during the last stages of endurance competitions and they report that it works. Usually they ' defizz ' the cola and drink it flat in the last half of a race of 3 to 6 hours duration.
The reason cola drinks work is because they contain caffeine. They also contain sucrose which is not a good carbohydrate for an athlete to be using, not in the same league as glucose.
Caffeine as a performance enhancing stimulant is considered by many to be on a par with creatine. It is one of the best legal ergogenic aids.
If I drink more caffeine will it enhance my performance even more?
Ironically it has been shown that more caffeine does not necessarily mean better performance. That is why we have spent so much time with athletes getting the concentration right.
After many months of painstaking research, we have been able to blend this unique product, which is perfect for helping you to maintain
concentration and to give you that desperately needed energy boost in the final stages of a gruelling climb, competition or training session. Finale Boost is a blend of powdered Glucose and Caffeine which you add to water to make a delicious Cola flavoured drink.
Does caffeine always work as a booster?
Of the 20 or more studies done using trained athletes significant benefits on performance have been noted.
People who regularly use drinks containing caffeine gain no benefit from using caffeine fortified performance enhancing drinks. So if you are a regular caffeine drinker the way to get the best results from Finale Boost is to stop drinking coffee, tea, cola, guarana, chocolate etc for at least seven days before you need to use it for your competition.
Also do not use Finale Boost for ordinary training sessions. By all means try it out first in a training session to determine when the caffeine effect kicks in for you. Everyone is different and for some people the effect will kick in after about 15 minutes but for others it can be half an hour or more.
Then save using Finale Boost for competions only. That way your body will not get used to it and it will deliver its benefits every time you need it. Used correctly caffeine can be a gem.
Two supposed drawbacks cited with regard to using caffeine are that it is a strong diuretic and that it raises body temperature (thermogenesis).While this may be ideal for slimmers it's not what athletes want. These findings however were almost all in studies using sedentary folk, not athletes. When athletes were tested no diuretic or thermogenic effects were found.
Is it legal?
The legal permitted level of caffeine in the EU for soft drinks (excluding
100% pure fruit and vegetable juices) is 150 mg per litre of made up drink. But a higher level of 350 mg per litre is allowed in so called smart drinks (basically drinks sold to enhance performance).
Finale Boost is well within this limit containing 75 mg caffeine per sachet which we recommend adding to 250 ml water. This means that you could take 4 sachets in one litre of water and still be well within the legal limit.
Although you could dilute this down if you wished.
Although caffeine is a permitted substance from a legal point of view, if you are intending to use it, it would be best to check its status with the governing body of your particular sport. Also check how much is allowed then you can calculate how much you can use.