Issue: #4

February 2008
News from 7SYSTEMS
Athletes of the Month: Andrea and Gordon
Do More: Photo Contest
Health Tip: B-Complex
Coach's Corner: Overload and Recovery Principle
Our Community
Athletes of the Month

               

Andrea Perego

"I began taking 7SYSTEMS when I was determined to make the most of my recovery time between two Ironman races and I have been taking them ever since.  I am not the fastest or the fittest triathlete out there, and despite my coach's best efforts, I don't always do my workouts the way I am supposed to.  I have been known to stack hard workout on top of hard workout and fill my days off with things like squash or just running around trying to get a thousand things done at once.  Despite all that, I still recover quickly and am ready for the next workout.  And I just don't get sick.  Thanks for making a great product that is so easy to use.   I am a believer."

 

 

Gordon Henderson

"I've often found it difficult to get the balance right between 'fitness' and 'health':  training for and racing endurance events, parenting a young child and stress from unpredictable work often left me feeling run down - even while I was fit enough to race well.  Although I thought that supplements would probably help with some of these problems, I was confused by the range of products on the market and concerned about using something with uncertain efficacy whose composition I didn't understand.  7SYSTEMS addressed each of those issues:  it contains everything I need and nothing I don't, and since starting to use it, I've felt healthier than at any point in the recent past.  I'm better able to juggle work, training and parenting, and have more energy and mental focus;  I've found that 7SYSTEMS does exactly what it claims to do."

 

Andrea and Gordon are both accomplished age-groupers who juggle training with their busy jobs on Bay Street in Torono.  They are long time users of 7SYSTEMS. 

 

Just in case you were wondering, we do not pay our profiled athletes to use 7SYSTEMS- they all use it because it works for them! 

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Do More- Photo Contest

Exercise can break you down physically and mentally.  Critical building blocks like minerals, vitamins & anti-oxidants are what help your body recover, grow healthier and get ready for the next big challenge.
 

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7SYSTEMS is one of the most comprehensive Sports Supplements on the market developed specifically for active people like you who want to DO MORE, and as a result NEED MORE. 
 
7SYSTEMS helps RECHARGE your body and its 7 critical systems by giving them more of the vitamins, minerals & anti-oxidants they need.
 
 
To celebrate this, we're announcing our DO MORE Photo Contest.  
  • We're looking for the picture that best captures someone enjoying a winter sport where they are expressing a DO MORE spirit!
  • The picture and person selected as our winner will be featured in the April newsletter and get 2 FREE containers of 7SYSTEMS.
  • Start 'clicking with your camera' as submission deadline is March 31, 2008.
  • Please email your picture and your Success Story to martin@7systems.ca.  All submitted pictures need have the 7SYSTEMS logo visible.
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Health Tip- B-Complex nutrients assist chemical reactions

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What It Is- The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism. Historically, the B vitamins were once thought to be a single vitamin, referred to as vitamin B (much like how people refer to vitamin C or vitamin D). In recent years research showed that they are chemically distinct vitamins that often coexist in the same foods. Supplements containing all eight B vitamins are generally referred to as a vitamin B complex. 7SYSTEMS has all of them!

Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

Vitamin B3,(niacin, includes nicotinic acid and nicotinamide)

Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Vitamin B7, also called vitamin H (biotin)

Vitamin B9, also vitamin M and vitamin B-c (folic acid)

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)

 

What it Supports- The B vitamins often work together to deliver a number of health benefits to the body. B vitamins have been shown to:

  • Support and increase the rate of metabolism
  • Maintain healthy skin and muscle tone
  • Enhance immune and nervous system function
  • Promote cell growth and division - including that of the red blood cells that help prevent anemia.
  • Reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer,

Together, they also help combat the symptoms and causes of stress, depression, and cardiovascular disease.  

 

How It Works- Most of the B-vitamins play a critical role as cofactors in cellular energy metabolism. Cofactors can be thought of as "helper nutrients" that assist chemical reactions. For example, the process of glycolysis, which converts energy stored as glycogen into glucose molecules, requires vitamin B6 and biotin.  Lack of any of the B vitamins can cause fatigue and lethargy - which is why B-complex supplements are often promoted as "energy boosters" and "stress formulas.[1]  Most of the B vitamins must be replenished daily, since any excess is excreted in the urine.[2] 

 

Whole Food Sources- Vitamin B comes from a number of natural sources, including potatoes, bananas, lentils, chilli peppers, liver oil, liver, turkey, and tuna. Nutritional yeast (or brewer's yeast) and molasses are especially good sources of Vitamin B. Marmite and the iconic Australian spread Vegemite bills itself as "one of the world's richest known sources of vitamin B". As might be expected, due to its high content of brewer's yeast, beer is a good source of B vitamins. [3]

 

Learn more about the how 7SYSTEMS supports your other critical systems.
 
Sources:

 
1. United Press International - Consumer Health Daily - Briefing. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.

2. Glaser, Gregg. "Beer and Your Health", July 2002. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.

3. Vitamins, water soluble at FAQ.org[1]

Note: Various parts of this text have also been sourced from Wikipedia and SUPPLEMENTWATCH.COM

Coach's Corner- Overload and Recovery Principle
 

All forms of physical training are based on your body's ability to adapt to stress.  To gain positive training effects, you must overload a muscle group or energy system.  The training overload will cause these muscles to grow stronger, or the targeted energy systems to become more efficient. As you adapt, the training intensity and volume must progressively increase.  If the training load does not increase as you adapt, your fitness will reach a conditioning plateau.

 

You should always increase training intensities and volume in small amounts to avoid overtraining or injury. You must recover from your training. Recovery is extremely important, and an integral component in the training process.  It is during the recovery period, not the training period, that your body adapts -- that is, grows stronger, faster, and more powerful.  No recovery--no gains!  The proper amount of training intensity, volume and recovery is critical, as overtraining can result from any imbalance among these three factors.

 

Below is a table showing a general guideline for recovery for working out in a specific sport following specific amounts of time at a given intensity in that sport. Remember that these are only guidelines. Recovery from training differs by individual:

 

 

Volume of Intensity                                            Suggested Time Needed For Recovery

0-6 hours at aerobic endurance intensity                          8 hours

30-60minutes at tempo intensity                                      8-10 hours

75-120 minutes at tempo intensity                                   24 to 36 hours

15-45 minutes at lactate threshold                                   24 hours

60-90 minutes at lactate threshold                                   24-36 hours

10-30 minutes above lactate threshold                             24-36 hours

45 minutes or more above lactate threshold                      36-48 hours

 

If you feel you lack the time or expertise to develop this kind of program, feel free to contact us at
martin@7SYSTEMS.ca and we will gladly share with you a comprehensive list of 7SYSTEMS affiliated coaches you can ask for help.
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We have a passion for sports and helping people achieve their optimal health.  If you read more
about us, you'll realize we also have a commitment to giving back to the community. Let us know if you think you have an opportunity we should consider.
 
Email martin@7SYSTEMS.ca with ideas or any other feedback on this Newsletter.

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The 7SYSTEMS Team
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