Jaco Brits is a professional personal trainer and athlete that tested Power Up, and liked it so much, we sponsored him. In his initial tests working out with a heart monitor, he said that he previously could maintain maximum effort and maximum heart rate for about 5 minutes out of Read more…
Coronavirus has become THE search term on Google, even more popular than Kim Kardashian! I’m sure you’ve heard all the panic, lockdowns and horror stories. And we also seem to all be holding out for a vaccine as the only option. Well, good news! It turns out our bodies have Read more…
Yeah, right. Like breathing differently is going to help me when the deadline is still looming, or there’s still two weeks till payday. It may seem silly or a little “crystal ball chakra feather dream catcher” like, but if you think about it, breathing is kind of important. Try not Read more…
Whether cycling for fun or professionally, we all need a little extra energy. So how does Power Up stack up against gels and such? Well, we asked a couple of friends to give it a try, on the Coronation Double Century, a 200 kilometre cycle race in Swellendam. Quite a Read more…
Every cloud has a silver lining. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. To go up, you must first go down. And other cliche’s. We’ve heard them, we’ve repeated them to ourselves. And yet, when you are going through a rough patch, it’s hard to see the positive’s Read more…
Taken directly from “Sceletium – A review update” – Article in Journal of Ethnopharmacology Clinical case reports:Gericke (2001) reported on three case studies where Sceletium tortuosum, also known as kanna, in tablets and capsules had been prescribed or recommended by a general practitioner, a psychologist, and a psychiatrist, respectively. In the first Read more…
If you’re about to go on a hunt with nothing but a bow and arrow, you’d also need some calm. And that is exactly how sceletium was discovered in Africa. Indigenous people would take sceletium, or kanna, or kougoed, before a hunt so they could remain calm in a stressful Read more…
What is Taurine? Taurine is named after taurus (latin for ox) because it was extracted from ox bile. Despite what you may have heard it doesn’t come from bull semen. Gross. Taurine is an amino acid, a chemical that is a required building block of protein. The brain, retina, heart, and blood Read more…