20 months of Resveratrol use and I am still not finished questioning whether or not Resveratrol provides endurance benefits. It would be nice to see real research resultsproviding those who take resveratrol with definitive answershowever it looks like we will just have to wait for them.
The questions I often ask myself are the following:
- Does resveratrol increase my endurance above and beyond the maximum levels that would be obtained without taking it?
- Does resveratrol quicken the amount of time it takes to maximize my endurancebut not provide an ability to go over what the maximum would be without it?
- Does resveratrol not have anything to do with my endurance levels or possibly hurt it?
I've read "stories" and articles where they discuss professional athletes in bikingmixed martial arts (MMA)swimmingrunningand other active sportstaking resveratrol as part of a supplement routine. The question isis it working?
I can not look to anyone other than myself to try and determine the answers to these questions. For one thingresveratrol may not effect one person like it effects another. So I took some time the other day to sit back and recall the activity levels throughout the course of my life. Now I am young by most people's indication of "old" and "young"howeverI am past what many would consider their prime from an athletic perspective.
Here is what I was able to recall from my memory:
In my early teens I was activeplaying baseballtennisand skiing. Like most active teens my endurance level was highI was able to play 5 sets of tennis with limited rest. Skiing from 9am to 9pm was easy with just taking a break for lunch and dinner. During my early teens I don't recall doing much aerobic activity though as most of the sports I played were anaerobic in nature.
My late teens things changed slightly. I hit the gym hardfocusing more on building muscle mass. I was always on the "small" size and I wanted badly to put on mass. I put my time in at the gym and did less of the organized sports and anaerobic activity. I went from about 140lbs to 175lbs from the time i was 17 to 21. My body fat percentage remained low throughout the course of the increase in weightnever exceeding 10% and typically coming in at 6-8%. Putting on weight was hard!
I graduated college and everything changed. I didn't have the time (so I thought) to workoutplay sportsor watch what I ate. I quickly fell into a routine where not being healthy was easyso I just went with it. For the first few years the effects didn't show. From the ages of 22 to 32 I simply "let myself go." A ski trip brought me back to reality. I couldn't make it down one run without stopping numerous times to catch my breathe. At that moment I vowed to never let something like that happen again.
This is where resveratrol came into the picture for me. I was back in the gym and I was 32 years old. I was enjoying my new approach to being healthy. I ate betterI worked out 3-4 days per weekand I researched.
I started taking resveratrol shortly after getting into my new fitness regimen. I went from getting winded walking up a short flight of stairsto being able to go through a rigorous gym routine without needing more than a 30 second break. It happened fast. My recovery speeds seem to get shorter and shorter. I felt less winded and was able to push myself to workout harder and faster.
I now feel like I did when I was in my early teensperhaps even a little better! NowI am not saying this is because of resveratrol; I worked hardate properly (for the most part)and got the help of a trainer in the gym. Butthere is something inside me that makes me believe the recovery would not have been so fast had it not been for the resveratrol.
I am now 34 years old and I feel great! There is no possible way I will allow myself to fall back to the horrible physical conditioning of my twenties. For nowI will keep taking resveratrol and keep a close eye on the results of future professional research.
Live Longer,
Markus
20 months of Resveratrol use and I am still not finished questioning whether or not Resveratrol provides endurance benefits. It would be nice to see real research resultsproviding those who take resveratrol with definitive answershowever it looks like we will just have to wait for them.
The questions I often ask myself are the following:
I've read "stories" and articles where they discuss professional athletes in bikingmixed martial arts (MMA)swimmingrunningand other active sportstaking resveratrol as part of a supplement routine. The question isis it working?
I can not look to anyone other than myself to try and determine the answers to these questions. For one thingresveratrol may not effect one person like it effects another. So I took some time the other day to sit back and recall the activity levels throughout the course of my life. Now I am young by most people's indication of "old" and "young"howeverI am past what many would consider their prime from an athletic perspective.
Here is what I was able to recall from my memory:
In my early teens I was activeplaying baseballtennisand skiing. Like most active teens my endurance level was highI was able to play 5 sets of tennis with limited rest. Skiing from 9am to 9pm was easy with just taking a break for lunch and dinner. During my early teens I don't recall doing much aerobic activity though as most of the sports I played were anaerobic in nature.
My late teens things changed slightly. I hit the gym hardfocusing more on building muscle mass. I was always on the "small" size and I wanted badly to put on mass. I put my time in at the gym and did less of the organized sports and anaerobic activity. I went from about 140lbs to 175lbs from the time i was 17 to 21. My body fat percentage remained low throughout the course of the increase in weightnever exceeding 10% and typically coming in at 6-8%. Putting on weight was hard!
I graduated college and everything changed. I didn't have the time (so I thought) to workoutplay sportsor watch what I ate. I quickly fell into a routine where not being healthy was easyso I just went with it. For the first few years the effects didn't show. From the ages of 22 to 32 I simply "let myself go." A ski trip brought me back to reality. I couldn't make it down one run without stopping numerous times to catch my breathe. At that moment I vowed to never let something like that happen again.
This is where resveratrol came into the picture for me. I was back in the gym and I was 32 years old. I was enjoying my new approach to being healthy. I ate betterI worked out 3-4 days per weekand I researched.
I started taking resveratrol shortly after getting into my new fitness regimen. I went from getting winded walking up a short flight of stairsto being able to go through a rigorous gym routine without needing more than a 30 second break. It happened fast. My recovery speeds seem to get shorter and shorter. I felt less winded and was able to push myself to workout harder and faster.
I now feel like I did when I was in my early teensperhaps even a little better! NowI am not saying this is because of resveratrol; I worked hardate properly (for the most part)and got the help of a trainer in the gym. Butthere is something inside me that makes me believe the recovery would not have been so fast had it not been for the resveratrol.
I am now 34 years old and I feel great! There is no possible way I will allow myself to fall back to the horrible physical conditioning of my twenties. For nowI will keep taking resveratrol and keep a close eye on the results of future professional research.
Live Longer,
Markus