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  Terry
Chiplin
This healthy
energy drink is boosting my performance
and recovery time considerably! I have been a runner & cyclist for
nearly 25 years, and more recently a health and fitness coach for
the past 10 years. ACT is the most exciting development I have ever
been introduced to, providing a healthy energy drink that has
greatly assisted my training and my life. I would love to share my
story with you!
My wife and I have recently moved to
Colorado, USA from the United Kingdom to establish a residential training center for
athletes of all abilities to train and live at altitude. Anyone who
has been at altitude will know that the decrease in available oxygen
creates a major challenge to the body's energy supply systems.
I was immediately
interested in ACT as it provides vital support and supplementation
at a cellular level in a form that is healthy for the body.
I have
tried a number of energy drinks over the years, all of which have
come with a number of issues for me. I don't drink caffeine so a
large hit of caffeine makes me feel "wired" and high sugar contents
and various artificial sweeteners and flavorings led to energy
peaks and troughs and stomach cramps and often nausea - not a great
combination for training!
I was keen to try
ACT and to notice what
effect it had for me. Some of my friends and ex work mates have
ribbed me about treating my body as a "temple" - it does enable me
to notice the impact of even small changes in nutritional or fluid
intake, and to be aware of what has caused the resultant change in
the way my body reacts. For my next training run I drank half a pack of
ACT mixed with 500ml of water about 20 minutes before I
went out. The first thing I noticed was that
I really liked the
taste
which is a something that definitely hasn't been true of other
energy drinks I have tried - I have often ended up mixing a
"cocktail" to drown the taste! I also noticed before I started to
run that my focus, which is usually pretty sharp anyway, was even
sharper! I set off on my run eager to see what else would take
place! I immediately felt that I had bags of energy!
I was scheduled for an easy run so ended up holding back the whole
way round!
I
was surprised to discover when I had finished that I had run the
route 30 seconds faster than I normally do, and had been holding
back too. The next run I did was a tougher one over trails that
started at 8,500 feet and climb to > 9,000 feet. Again I found I had
bags of energy and set another best time for that route too! Since
then I have been taking ACT every day, half a packet in the morning
and half a packet after lunch.
My running is going great - the
energy that ACT releases in my body has resulted in me
making significant gains in both endurance and speed.
I
unfortunately turned an ankle heavily on a trail run a
few weeks ago so had not been able to run for nearly 2
weeks while the swelling went down! I had entered my
first ever trail run at altitude - the ankle injury meant I
decided to take it easy and just get round. I finished
7th in my age group which I was very pleased with
under the circumstances. Last weekend I raced in a
shorter race and finished 3rd in my age group, only 11
seconds behind the age group winner. Again I was very
pleased as I am racing against people who have been
living and racing at altitude for years, I have just
arrived!
ACT gives me the ability to dig that bit deeper
when I need to and also recover more quickly after
training and racing.
A further benefit of ACT is the ratio of sodium to
potassium. All energy drinks that I have seen and tried
are relatively higher in sodium and lower in potassium.
Generally most people have adequate levels of sodium in
their diet so there is no requirement to supplement.
This is interesting as potassium is the chief intracellular
mineral. Potassium concentration in cells is required to
achieve a well regulated exchange of nutrients and
waste products between the cells and their external
fluid environment. It also plays a key role in maintaining
electrical gradients across cell membranes that is vital
for the transmission of nerve impulses and effective
muscle stimulation. ACT therefore provides a key
ingredient to enable efficient metabolism and energy
delivery at a cellular level.
I am so excited about
ACT and talk to anyone who is
prepared to listen. Just about everyone can benefit
from ACT - the potential market is huge and I am also
excited at now being involved in the energy drinks
business and helping others to establish another income
stream!
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