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Recuperation: how to train harder without paying the price
There’s nothing like pushing yourself to the limit during a race or an intense training session. Unfortunately, athletes and active adults who push themselves without properly rebalancing and recuperating afterwards can end up facing chronic fatigue and energy burn-out over time. The problem is that exercise without adequate recuperation puts stress on the adrenals, the endocrine glands responsible for regulating metabolism, stress and energy output. The daily stresses of life that result from work and family also take their toll on the adrenals. The result is less energy, accompanied by a continual feeling of tiredness that is only temporarily fixed by caffeine.The Solution
You may not be able to alter the source of daily stresses, or willing to give up the satisfactions of training and competition – but you can fortify your body’s response to stress. At Ignite Naturals, we specialize in providing athletes and active adults with innovative, long-term solutions to enhance performance and wellbeing. That’s why we formulated Adrenal Reboot™, an all-natural supplement designed to recharge, nourish and balance your adrenals, helping to fortify against stress, promote recuperation after exercise and maintain healthy energy levels.Adrenal Reboot addresses three main factors affecting recuperation:
- • Maintain healthy DHEA and cortisol levels†
- • Reduce the effects of chronic stressors†
- • Support healthy lower back and quadriceps strength†
What are the adrenals?
The adrenals are the triangular shaped endocrine glands resting above your kidneys. They produce epinephrine, norepinephrine, and adrenalin, which all enable the body’s ‘fight or flight’ response to stressful situations. The adrenal cortex also produces steroid hormones including testosterone, cortisone, estrogen, and DHEA.Why are the adrenals so important to athletes?
The adrenals help regulate metabolism, energy output, and the stress response. When they are out of balance, athletic performance suffers. If left untreated over time, adrenal imbalance can lead to a constant, low-level fatigue that interferes with training and general quality of life.
What are the Effects of Chronic Stress?
Chronic stress doesn’t just concern intense exercise. It includes all the challenges you face in your day to day life, from working through tasks at the office and at home, to facing the daily commute. Your adrenals send signals for hormone release, and when your adrenal glands aren’t functioning properly, other tissue and glands in your endocrine system are unable to send out hormones as well.This homeostatic imbalance decreases energy production and slows your metabolism. Your body’s serum cortisol levels rise, causing a decrease in the product of the parent hormone DHEA. This can lead to low internal production of growth hormone and IGF-1 (insulin growth factor 1). When this occurs, your body enters a catabolic state where cells and muscle tissue break down. Chronic stress debilitates your adrenal function over time, eventually leading to adrenal fatigue, which is characterized by a constant background feeling of tiredness.
Why DHEA/cortisol balance is important
When the adrenals are under stress, they produce too much cortisol and insufficient DHEA. This imbalance slows your metabolism along with the rate of muscle repair and recovery, leaving you with less energy.Cellular waste and toxins accumulate, ultimately damaging your health and athletic performance. By nourishing your adrenals, Adrenal Reboot promotes healthy cortisol and DHEA levels, bringing your energy metabolism back into balance and leaving you feeling recharged. Healthy DHEA levels also help to boost recovery by allowing your own internal production of melatonin, growth hormone and IGF-1 levels to increase naturally – all substances that promote a natural growth-inducing and healing anabolic state in the body.
Support healthy lower back and quadriceps strength
Severe cases of adrenal insufficiency have been linked in several scientific studies to muscle weakness, especially in the legs. While further studies are necessary to determine the precise causal mechanism, it’s worth noting that for thousands of years traditional Chinese medicine has associated weak adrenal glands (known as kidney yang) with leg weakness and poor mobility. By nourishing the pathways surrounding the adrenals, Adrenal ReBoot works to support increased lower back and quadriceps strength, helping you to power through training and competitions.
