Jeffrey J. Rocco, MD
As an active athlete are you feeling tired and rundown?  Are you working harder, but going slower?  Don’t feel like training?  Feeling moody?  Getting sick?  Losing muscle, and storing fat?  If you are experiencing these symptoms, you may have elevated cortisol levels due to overtraining syndrome (OTS).
As the heat goes up this [...]

By Jeff Rocco, M.D.
As the workload of busy racing and training schedules are building this time of year for many athletes, we thought we would examine some key components of recovery drinks.  Easy digestibility and rapid absorption of nutrition are critical to athletes during exercise.  The same is true for recovery nutrition consumed immediately following [...]

By Jeff Rocco MD
Proper hydration for athletes requires more than water. Last month we established the critical role electrolytes play for exercising athletes. (See A Tale of Five Electrolytes)  During exercise electrical impulses are being carried, muscles are contracting, calories are burning, heat is being produced, and sweating occurs. To keep these systems within optimum [...]

by Jeff Rocco MD
If you are reading this you are probably an endurance athlete looking to improve your training and performance.  You may recall from high school science class that electrolytes are dissolved mineral salts contained in our body fluid–both inside and outside our cells.  It is not our focus here to review in depth [...]

By Jeff Rocco, M.D.

Bob Seebohar has discussed the importance of Post-Workout Nutrition in an earlier Coaches’ Corner. The discussion of post-workout nutrition continues with a breakdown of the components of 7 popular recovery drinks and some key points to consider when choosing your recovery drink.
Recovery Drink Comparison Chart_2009 (includes Hammer Gel Recoverite)

Athletes train with the [...]