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• Optimal Fueling Short-distance vs. Long-distance BY STEVE BORN One size does not fit all when it comes to endurance fueling. Depending on the duration or type of activity, the nutrients you require...
• Now is the time for carbo loading! Think post-workout replenishment, not prerace pasta By Steve Born With the first of your key races just around the corner, you're probably fine-tuning your training and nutrition to give yourself...
• How to Fuel Guide: Gravel Grinders Long, rough and often self-supported. Fuelling for days where the next resupply might be 60 km away, and how to carry enough without weighing yourself down.
• Fasting For The Long Run BY DEAN KARNAZESThe idea of eating three square meals a day is a very modern one. Unfortunately, so is the worldwide epidemic of obesity. The ancient Greeks practiced a form...
• Weight Loss with Whey Protein BY STEVE BORN QUESTION: Does your whey protein have weight loss benefits if taken before bed? ANSWER: Yes, it does! This link lists the ways that whey protein isolate, the kind we use in Hammer...
• Fueling Protocol for Golfing Success Four or five hours in the sun with a club in your hand. Steady fuelling and fluids so your swing on the last six holes looks like your swing on...
• 4. Electrolyte Replenishment Resupply these vital minerals to finish strong Our Recommendations To keep your body functioning smoothly through a long workout or race, replenish the full spectrum of electrolytes consistently and completely....
• 1. Pre-Exercise Fueling When and How Much to Eat Before Exercise Our Recommendations Three hours before exercise, complete your meal of 300 to 500 calories of low-fiber, easy-to-digest complex carbs and a small...
• Demystifying Keto, Part 1 BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH MD DC*It is worth noting here that I am referring to carbs consumed in your daily diet, not while exercising. That is beyond the scope of...
• Break Fast, aka Breakfast Stoke your performance by beginning each day with this vital meal By Brian Frank You are certainly familiar with the old cliche "breakfast is the most important meal of the...
• The Heat Is On: Staying Cool in the Heat By William Misner Ph.D.
• How To Fuel Guide: Tennis & Pickleball Stop-start, high intensity, usually in the heat. What to sip between games, what to eat between matches, and how to get through a full tournament day still moving well.
• Creatine Boost – Huge Benefits For Everyone! Your ticket to better exercise recovery… and so much more!  BY: HAMMER STAFF By the time you read this, Creatine Boost will have been an official Hammer Nutrition product for...
• How should a person replace electrolytes and fluids during endurance efforts? INDIVIDUAL BIOCHEMISTRY & THE COMMON PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE METABOLISMThe answer to this question depends on length of the event for time necessary to transit for depleted/stressed macronutrients and micronutrients. In...
• Carbohydrates 101 The primary source of muscle energy production is Adenosine Triphosphate ->ATP). To produce ATP, living cells draw glucose from glycogen, a long-chain complex carbohydrate stored nearby in the muscles or...
• Carbo Loading? The Time is Now! BY STEVE BORN It’s the first week of March as you read this article, and with many of your key events not happening for several weeks to months (definitely months,...
• Demystifying Fat PART 1: THE ORIGIN OF YOUR DIET BY DR. BAYNE FRENCH, MD DC It pains me to see people spinning their wheels, exchanging years of vitality, independence, leanness, clarity of...
• 2. Calories Count What and how much you consume during exercise can be the difference between crushing it and being crushed Our Recommendations Consume 120 to 180 calories per hour of activity. Fuel...
• RECOVERITE - The Post-Exercise Recovery Drink Without Equal It’s EXACTLY what your body wants and needs! BY STEVE BORN Even after nearly 26 years of employment at Hammer Nutrition, I remain convinced that proper recovery after every workout...
• Off Season Supplement Suggestions For many of us, the competitive season is fast coming to a close. If that's the case for you, as your in-season training and racing schedule is winding down, you...
• How Much Protein? By William Misner Ph.D.
• Endurance News #145, September to December 2026 The current issue of Endurance News, Hammer Nutrition USA's magazine: #145, September, October, November and December 2026. Read or download the full issue as a PDF.
• 4 Big Benefits of Refilling the Tank ASAP Refuel right after your workouts to get more out of your training. Here is why post-workout refuelling matters, and how to do it with Recoverite.
• The Endurolytes Rationale INTRODUCTIONWhy should the body be exposed to a minimal repletion electrolyte dose during extreme losses? Hypothetically electrolyte absorption should occur under the body's radar, without triggering a cascade of hormonal...