The Power of Herbalife in Sport

This site is for People who are looking to start running to keep fit or wanting to get to the top of they sport with all natural products and Herbalife is that product to help with their nutrition food intake, you will find tips on how to start your joging, your shoes and advice to women on safety, but most of all how to look after yourself and have good health and injoy life. 

Welcome to Herbalife Sports site , we hope that you find it informative and find an Increase  in energy and stamina for your choosen sport where it is at Olympic Games level or just a jog around the block.

 Good nutrition is the basis of an active, healthy lifestyle. Whether you are an elite athlete or make an occasional visit to the gym, Herbalife's range of targeted Cellular nutrition products can help you maximize your performance as part of an overall healthy eating plan.

Diet can significantly affect sport and exercise performance. Training can be wasted without sound nutritional support.

This includes the right balance of carbohydrates, protein and good fats

But whether you are a top athlete or just a Sunday sportsman, Herbalife's range of targeted nutrition products can help you get you over your own personal finishing line.

The right nutritional strategy before, during and after training can make the difference between a good performance and a great performance.

The science of sports nutrition has four basic components - Fuelling, Refuelling, Repair and Recovery:

1. FUELLING - carbohydrates are vital to fuelling your muscles with the energy they need to get through an event or training session, in particular complex carbohydrates which can be found in wholegrain pasta, cereal or bread, oatmeal or dried fruit. If you are nervous before an event, try a meal replacement that contains carbohydrates, such as Herbalife's ShapeWorksTM Formula 1 Protein Shake Mix - a carbohydrate, protein, vitamin and mineral nutritional shake that can be mixed with fruit juice or semi-skimmed milk. Add some fruit if you want some extra carbs. Recipes.

DO: Thirty minutes before a working out use Formula 1 shake mixed with diluted fruit juice 30 minutes before exercise. This provides immediate fuel in the muscles (muscle glycogen)

NB.  If fat loss is also desired, then Pre-exercise (i.e.. The Fuel (before) phase), use only Thermojetics® Herbal Beverage and NOT Formula 1 (this means that body fat will be broken down to provide the energy source).

Fat=Reserve Fuel
Fats in our food are stored in the long distance fuel tanks: our fat cells. We tap into these reserve fuel tanks when we participate in endurance events.
DO: Use Herbalife's full line of nutritional products including Formula 2 Vitamin –Mineral & Herbal tablets and Cell Activator (not in Australia) to ensure your giving your body optimal nutrition. Optimal nutrition sets Herbalife products apart from all the other programmes. And this approach to nutrition is based on the time-honoured principle of balance. By making use of three major technologies –good science, micronutrient supplementation and herbal science-many of Herbalife's products work synergistically with each other to help you increase the absorption of the nutrients in your food. In the process, this critical balance of nutrients and herbs helps to optimise your ability to digest food properly, further assuring that nutrition reaches the cellular level

2. REFUELLING - important during or after a workout. Herbalife ShapeWorksTM protein bars are a perfect, no fuss way to refuel your body's requirement for protein. Containing around 10 grams of protein and 15g of carbohydrate, these bars help support the replacement of carbohydrate post exercise as part of a normal recovery strategy.Within the first 30 minutes of your workout, drink Formula 1 mixed in juice/water. Don't miss the WINDOW! This simply means that we have a "30 MINUTE WINDOW when our fuel tanks-our muscles-are most receptive towards being refilled.

3. REPAIR - You've trained and you now need to repair the muscle fibres with protein.  Adequate, high quality protein assists muscle cells in repairing themselves. 90 -120 mins after exercise. Drink Formula 1 mixed in a protein-rich beverage (cow’s milk, soy milk or yogurt) or eat a Protein Bar. For added protein, add the Protein Supplement powder to a Formula 1 shake.  Protein is a key nutrient in the process of cell repair. Protein, as an amino acid, can help your muscle fibres repair faster and more effectively, and can help maintain lean muscle mass. You can use a good quality soy protein powder supplement to top up your protein intake, such as Herbalife's ShapeWorksTM Formula 3 Personalised Protein Powder.

4. RECOVERY - athletes create a large build up of free radicals as a consequence of using oxygen to create energy. The free radicals are a natural by-product of this process, which has been linked with damage to healthy cells. The body is able to defend itself against these free radicals using its own supply of antioxidants found in fruit, salads and vegetables. When needed, a high quality antioxidant supplement such as Herbalife's RoseOx can be helpful to combat free radicals.

Research suggest that antioxidants nutrients assist in reducing recovery time by helping the body combat free –radical damage. Athletes create large amounts of free radicals in several ways. One way is by simply breathing in far more oxygen than a non-active person does.
By minimising free–radical production, the athlete can potentially reduce the amount of recovery time needed between events. Reducing free –radical damage may:
1. speed up lactic acid removal mechanisms
2. reduce muscle-fibril degradation
3. increase glycogen resynthesis

The bottom line is that an athlete may feel less soreness, stiffness and fatigue. This may lead to more time for practice and playing the sport. A variety of antioxidants enhance the body’s recovery and regenerate each other to sustain the body’s antioxidant power

DO: Take Herbalife's antioxidant products –  Rose Ox (immune system). The body has to perform optimally when in a state of good nutritional health. As active people, we must take a proactive approach toward our nutritional health. As active people, we must take a proactive approach toward our nutritional intake so that we have high quality fuel available and the energy necessary to sustain our desired levels of activity, exercise and competition.

DO: Take Herbalifeline, which provides abundant Omega –3 fatty acids that help support your heart and circulation

Finally, you can lose up to two litres of fluid an hour when exercising, especially in hot humid conditions. Drink plenty of water before you start exercising - at least two cups - followed by about half a cup every 20 minutes during exercising. To make your water more interesting you can add Herbal Aloe Concentrate to your water bottle - the added benefit of natural aloe is that it is great for overall digestive health. Drink water with Herbal Aloe Drink for an acid or nervous stomach.

Remember, during warm-ups and after exercise has finished, it is vital to stretch and cool down to assist in the recovery and repairing process.

Herbalife's products can be used by those who simply go to the gym or by those who train and compete seriously. For all levels of active people, Herbalife can be used to fuel, refuel, repair and help with recovery

The Herbalife Starter Pack contains a great supply of sports nutrition products. It provides everything your body needs to fuel, refuel, repair, and recover as you prepare and participate in your race season. You'll get Herbalifeline anti-oxidant and Omega-3 Capsules, ShapeWorks Formula 1 protein drink mix, ShapeWorks Protein Bars, Formula 2 multi-vitamin complex and Formula 3 personalized protein powder.   Athletes on our programme recover quicker and perform better.  Test for yourself.