CLINICAL STUDIES

FRS Enhances Work Performance
Study # 1 - Durak, E. and Bell, M. May 2005 During a six-week study, university employees were asked to perform their daily jobs, which required physical exertion, lifting, repetitive movements and attention to detail. At the end of the study, scientists measured the work performance and found that when the workers took FRS they experienced:

FRS Fights Fatigue
Study # 2 - Durak, E. and Taguchi, J. MD January 2005 Researchers gathered a group of volunteers aged 49 to 69 who had been diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer for at least 1.6 years. Scientists found that when patients consumed FRS on a daily basis, they reported:

Quercetin (the active ingredient in FRS) Reduces Susceptibility to Viral Illness
Study # 3 - Appalachian State University,February 2007A U:” “:ubjects were subjected to extreme physical stress during a five week period. Half were given 1000 milligrams of Quercetin daily (equal to 3 servings of FRS) and half were given a placebo. The results were dramatic!

FRS Boosts Sports Performance
Study # 4 - MacRae, H. and Mefferd, K. 2006 An independent, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study on the effect of FRS on cycling performance in eleven elite cyclists was completed at Pepperdine University in June 2004 and is being published in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. The results were dramatic - one minute and 31 seconds improvement in a 30 km simulated mountainous time trial.

FRS 354% More Powerful Than Other Drinks!
Study # 5 - Brunswick Laboratories The ORAC test measures the total antioxidant power of foods. The higher the ORAC score, the better a food or beverage destroys free radicals. Recently, researchers conducted an ORAC test of FRS and compared its score to other popular antioxidant or energy drinks. Here’s what they found:

Alex,
Thanks for the samples.
I gave them all a try over Easter. I did a three day walk into the Wollongambie Wilderness. see attached pics.
I suffer from cramps doing this type of exercise and did not have even a hint of one in the three days of walking with heavy pack in rough country.
Often gatorade or powerade seem to only partially address the cramping.
At recommended strength the isotonic tasted very strong but seemed to work well.
The bars were good. I liked the chocolate one better than the berry.
Orange chews taste great. A bit hard to pick their effect. I used them yesterday when we were pushing to get back to the car on a series of long up hill sections. About 9km in total.
My energy levels were good right to the end but I was consuming a lot of food as well.

Ian Spencer

Verofit training log

As a competitive cyclists and a Defence Force Employees. The Defence Cycling Team’s time to train is limited most weeks. So to help get in the most effective combination of training possible. It is very important to have a structured routine that includes, Time management, Correct nutrition and the right amount of recovery and rest between work outs.

The following is a general idea of my training schedule/ Diet on a week to week basis.

Monday Rest day. Do core work. Get a massage every fortnight. Try to get plenty of sleep to prepare for the week ahead.

Tuesday Hills ride. Up at 4.30 AM. Eat a banana and drink a Biden of Verofit Regeneration. Fill the bidens with Verofit isotonic drink and Ride to meeting point in centre of Newcastle for a 5.30 start. Then a 45 km bunch ride taking in most of the decent hills around Newcastle. Generally it is a fast pace up the hills and a re-grouping and recovery along the flats and downhills. From there it is a 30 km ride out to Williamtown RAAF Base. This is done at a solid fast paced tempo to make sure we get to work on time at 7.30 AM.  As soon as I get to work. I drink a high quality Protein Shake from Australian Sports Nutrition’s Range Evolve. Called Anabolic Injection and also and a multivitamin. In the afternoon it is a nice easy 30 km Spin home. During the day I eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and have a shaker of Verofit Isotonic drink and Branch Chain Amino Acids to maintain Electrolyte balance.

Wednesday Tempo ride. Up at 5.00 AM and on the bike by 5.30. I have the same diet in the morning as yesterday.  My diet remains pretty similar all week. Then out on the bike doing efforts at about 75 – 85% of my max sustainable power output. This ride gives me about 60 km before work. After work. I do a nice easy 30 km spin home.

Thursday Aerobic Threshold training. I have a late start on Thursdays so I try to get at least 100 km before work. I do 4 * 10 km efforts at 90 – 105% of my max sustainable power out put. To improve pedalling efficiency I try to keep my cadence at, at least 95 – 105 RPM. This helps raise the heart rate and also keeps your legs quick. Very easy ride home. Keeping gears very small and nice paced cadence.

Friday Is an easy ride to and from work.  A total of 70 km for the day at a very easy pace.

Saturday. In the morning, track training with sprint work and motor pacing. In the afternoon in winter either Race or group ride with the team.

Sunday Long ride most weeks, with Hills and plenty of time in the Saddle. Building to 9 hours saddle time with plenty of climbing. The big goal for the year is Grafton – Inverell in October and Defence National Road Cycling Championships and Australian Master Road titles in September.

I always try to get as much sleep as possible and often take a 20 minute nap during the day to help get through the day. My wife is a great cook so I get plenty of very healthy meals with good quality Carbs and Proteins to keep mu body fuelled and ready to go.

I hope this can help you structure a program for your self and give you a bit of motivation towards achieving your own goals.

Kind regards

Mick Rand

Australian Defence Cycling Team (ADCT)

Manager/ Rider/ Coach.

Thanks to all our friends and customers for the positive feedback an interest on the FRS products.  Many people are eager to learn more so we have found a very specific article about the science behind the formula.

recovery-guidelines1.pdfrecovery-guidelines1.pdfSmall presentation with the 5 golden steps for exercise recovery.  Easy to ride slides with key points, food for thought and suggestions.  And a little bit of VEROFIT Sports Nutrition.

I am ashamed at the lack of news in the last couple of months.  The good news is that we have been flat out with work and the VEROFIT range of products are becoming very popular with interest not only from the running, cycling, triathlon and multisport crowds but also football and motor racing are new disciplines we have been covering.

To celebrate it all, please find attached a couple pics of some of our events.

I nearly always use some type of sports drink during training or racing events, no matter how long or short, either before, during, or afterwards.

This time I was asked to try out Verofit Isotonic Electrolyte drink.

The packaging is an approximately 10cm barrel tin, where you pop and remove the top seal with ease and then have a standard plastic lid that re-seals the tin. This is a nice and easy to use storage option with a wide open top that easily fits your hand to reach the mix, even when it will be running low. A small pre-measured scope is supplied.

Labeling on the package is extensive with all nutritional values, ingredients, directions of use, vitamin listing, and the usual advertising slogans.

I used the drink on a 100km MTB training ride in Mogo on the NSW South Coast, and after initial pre-ride testing of the mix, I found the recommended preparation mix to be a little too strong in flavour or sweetness, so I dropped the mix down a little (roughly 1.5 scoops per 500ml, instead of the recommended 2 scoops).

Once I tuned the mix to my liking it was very easy to drink and felt like it was doing its job in keeping me riding for the the full 100km and 2800m climbing. I can see myself using Verofit again, even after I finish this test batch

Robert Bleeker

We are happy to announce we have a sister VEROFIT online Shop webpage in Spain/Europe: www.sportdrink.es.  Now you can also get the best Sports Nutrition products online in Europe.

Love a hard workout where you sweat buckets? It’s important to re-hydrate your body afterwards to replace the fluid you’ve lost and the longer that liquid stays in your body the better off you’ll be. The question is, how best to do that? Michael Slater gets active to find out the answer. The average human body is 60 to 70 percent water, that’s about 37 to 45 litres. As your body heats up, you start to sweat. “Generally males can lose about one to two-and-a-half litres of sweat per hour. For females it’s generally a little bit less than that,” says Cathryn Pruscino, a sports scientist from the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Studies have shown that one percent dehydration can cause major changes in body temperature, while two percent dehydration will drop your performance levels by a third! So to operate efficiently it’s crucial we keep our fluids up. But what is best for fluid replacement? Plain old water or sports drinks?

The test

Let’s see if sports drinks can help us retain more fluid than water.

Vaughn and Gerard are hard-core runners, both in their 20s and super-fit. Steve is a former English county cricketer now living in Australia and, like Michael, he’s left his 20s well and truly behind. All three men plus Michael weighed-in so they could work out how much fluid they lost after they exercised.

In order to test the difference between the drinks, Cathryn wanted them to lose two percent of their body weight during their exercise period. “Then we’ll get them to re-hydrate using either sports drinks or water. After the re-hydration period we’ll collect all of the urine they excrete and have a look at who’s retained the most amount of fluid,” says Cathryn.

Steve and Michael were put on the bikes, doing a medium-intensity workout as befits men of their age. Meanwhile the young blokes, Vaughan and Gerard, were on the treadmill doing a high-intensity workout.

Vaughn and Michael replaced what they sweated out with water while Gerard and Steve chugged back sports drinks to make good their liquid losses.

After exercising for 40 minutes, Michael and Steve continue for another 10 because they’re only doing moderate exercise, even though the sweat is dripping off them.

Sports dietitian Lisa Sutherland took all the men’s pre- and post-workout weights and calculated that they all sweated out two percent of their body weight. “It’s a great idea to weigh yourself before and after exercise because the weight you lose is the equivalent to the amount of fluid in litres that you lose. So if you lose a kilo of weight during exercise it means you’ve lost one litre of fluid,” says Lisa.

The boys re-hydrated with one-and-a-half times the fluid they lost:

• Michael drank 1.5 litres of water
• Steve drank two litres of sports drink
• Vaughn 1.7 litres of water
• Gerard 1.9 litres of sports drink

And as we all know, what goes in must come out. So it’s also time for a urine sample to help Cathryn determine the results.

The results

Now, we’re not looking for a big result here, in fact, the less urine the boys pass the better, because it means the fluid’s stayed in their bodies, where it’s needed most.

Steve was doing moderate exercise like Michael. After his sports drink he passed 240ml. Michael was on the water and he passed 255ml, so only slightly more than if he had also drunk a sports drink.

Which means that for a low intensity work out, water and sports drinks pretty much do the same job.

But if we look at the high intensity runners, Gerard, who was on sports drinks, produced 100ml. While Vaughn, who was on the water, passed 600mls! By drinking water he lost six times more body fluid than he would have had he chose the sports drink instead.

So for endurance or high intensity workouts, sports drinks are a winner. But why do sports drinks work so well? They contain important extras like carbohydrates and electrolytes to promote hydration because they’re specifically designed for athletes.

But here’s a warning — if you’re drinking them as part of your everyday routine you’ll end up putting on weight. “In the case of any sorts of drinks that have got carbohydrates or nutrients in them, if you’re having too much of any of those sorts of drinks and you’re not active then that can affect your weight and your body fat levels,” says Lisa.

Hydration tips

• Make sure you’re well-hydrated before you exercise — start drinking about two hours before.
• Top up your fluids during exercising
• Weigh yourself before and after. Losing a kilo is the equivalent of a litre of fluid, and you need to drink one-a-half times that to replace it.

If you’re exercising hard and looking for peak performance then sports drinks are the go for you. But if like most of us you’re into the moderate exercise, then water will hydrate you just fine and there’s a little bonus with that — it’s free!

Fast facts

• Can drinking water make you more resistant to a heart attack? A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that women who drink more than five glasses of water a day are 41 percent less likely to die from a heart attack. For men, that figure jumps to 55 percent.