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Prepare For High Altitude Adventures With Wilderness Athlete
Posted on November 22, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on August 24, 2011 Courtesy of Wilderness Athlete Bryan Martin As an avid mountain hunter and guide and outfitter for over twelve years in Canada and over eight years in Central Asia (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan), I consider nutrition to be essential to a hunters’ overall health and energy. Eating quality foods and exercising is essential for long term health and performance. Taking Wilderness Athlete Food products and nutritional supplements will increase a hunter’s performance. Wilderness Athlete (WA) is a company that focuses... Read more...
Coach P Discusses Hydrate And Recover
Posted on November 22, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on June 27, 2012 Watch Coach Paulsen (below) talk about the benefits of Hydrate and Recover. If you already use the product, you know it’s the best hydration drink on the market today. If you haven’t given it a try, here’s what it has to offer- Amino Acids to help feed your muscles through cellular repair. Provides a precisely balanced mineral and electrolyte composition to replenish these vital elements and maintain peak muscle physiology Antioxidants to fight free radicals and improve metabolic... Read more...
Why WA Products Are Gluten Free
Posted on october 25, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on November 14, 2012 Over the past few years gluten free foods and diets have become very high-profile and very widespread. While only about 1% of the population suffers from the serious auto-immune disease that is triggered by gluten, called celiac disease (gluten intolerance), it’s estimated that about 10% or more of the population may be gluten sensitive. Add to that all the anecdotal information about weight gain and belly fat associated with gluten intake and there’s a pretty compelling reason to assess... Read more...
Hydrate & Recover Comparison And Important Facts
Posted on September 18, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on August 1, 2012 By Coach Mark Paulsen Wilderness Athlete Hydrate & Recover represents the latest generation of sports rehydration drinks – complete, correct, and comprehensive in formulation. What’s left out of sports drinks is equally important as to what’s included in them. That’s why Hydrate & Recover contains no artificial colors, nooils or fats, and no stabilizers. Not only can some of these ingredients have a negative health impact but they also make a sports drink far less effective and even slow... Read more...
A Brief History Of Sports Drinks– By Coach Paulsen
Posted on September 15, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on August 13, 2012Everyone knows about “sports drinks”, but few know why they actually became so popular. In the mid-to-late ‘60s, researchers stumbled upon the fact that water which included a sugar/carbohydrate solution of around 6%-8% sped up the body’s ability to absorb and utilize those fluids. This became known as “active transport” of fluids. While water itself is the obvious natural hydrator, it’s actually absorbed through osmosis, slowly “leaking” into the body. This is a slower process than active transport. When... Read more...
Gain Or Retain – By Coach Mark Paulsen
Posted on Augsust 7th, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on July 10, 2012 Don’t sacrifice your muscle when trying to lose weight! Have you ever seen the TV show MythBusters? It’s dedicated to replicating situations that either prove or disprove longstanding myths. One of the myths I see in my profession is that of the individual who doesn’t want to participate in strength training exercises for fear of getting “bulky”. Women tend to say this more often than men, but the comment is in fact a myth and a complete distortion of the... Read more...
Study Finds Protein Combo Is Best For Post-Workout To Build Muscle
Posted on July 19, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on May 10, 2012 The protein blend used in the study closely mimics the Wilderness Athlete Protein Plusformula. We do use whey protein concentrate and Supro brand (the very best) soy protein but not casein. Because casein is very difficult to digest, we use calcium/sodium caseinates which is casein that is partially predigested and therefore much easier to digest in the GI tract. This form is more readily utilized because the protein is more completely broken down to component amino acids and/or dipeptides... Read more...
Why Should I Take A Multi-Vitamin?
Posted on June 17th, 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on July 1, 2010 Many medical journals, newspapers, and popular magazines have reported new findings related to vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional supplements. They reported on their benefits in the maintenance of health and in the prevention of illness. For example, a recent issue of Prevention magazine contained an article about the health benefits of the top 10 vitamins and herbs. In this article, the multivitamin was listed as the single most important nutritional supplement for everyone to take. One of the... Read more...
Hydration 101
Posted on June, 8th 2014 Written by WildernessAthlete on July 29, 2011 BIG GAME. BIG PREP. ALWAYS PREPARED. ALWAYS LETHAL - KRISTY TITUS - PURSUE THE WILD Climbing mountains in the most severe conditions, pushing your mind and body to the limit on a daily basis, hunting season is almost here. The only true test of our individual performance level and overall toughness comes courtesy of Mother Nature.When pushing your limits this hunting season in the backcountry, your body can lose as much as 4% of your entire body weight... Read more...