PureSport Performance Drinks to Launch Nationwide on July 1 Workout and Recovery Drinks Developed by UT's Dr. John Ivy in Consultation with Eddie Reese, UT Men's Swim Coach and 2008 Men's U.S. Olympic Team Swim Coach
AUSTIN, Texas, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- When Michael Humphrey, CEO of
Austin-based Human Performance Labs, takes his seat on Sunday in Omaha at the
U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming to cheer on former University of Texas
at Austin swimmers Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Aaron Peirsol, as well as
all-star American swimmer Michael Phelps, he'll have more at stake than Texan
or American pride.
As these four former Olympians seek to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games
in Beijing, and break a few world records while they're at it, Humphrey will
be preparing for the July 1 launch of his company's product, PureSport, a new,
patent-pending class of performance drinks that have been an integral part of
the Olympic training programs for Hansen, Crocker, Peirsol and Phelps.
"Four of the greatest athletes in the world have made PureSport a staple
in their training regimen," says Humphrey. "We are excited to see these
athletes take center stage at the Olympic swimming trials as they prepare to
add to their championship medal count."
"This is the best performance drink I've ever found," says Phelps, who
incorporated PureSport into his training program at the University of Michigan
under coach Bob Bowman. "I wouldn't train without it." Phelps won six gold
medals and two bronze medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Sports performance drinks are a competitive and lucrative category with
Americans drinking more than a billion cases of sports drinks a year,
according to Beverage Digest. But PureSport may be moving off the starting
blocks with an edge.
PureSport was developed last year by Dr. John Ivy, chair of the Department
of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin, in
consultation with Eddie Reese, head coach for both UT Austin's men's swim team
and the men's 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team. Ivy developed PureSport with three
factors in mind: the carbohydrate-to-protein ratio, the timing associated
with drinking performance drinks and compliance with the world's major
governing bodies in sports.
"The key factor in a sports performance drink is the
carbohydrate/protein/electrolyte blend," says Ivy, a world-renowned expert on
the role of nutrition in exercise performance. "Carbohydrates provide instant
energy and proteins provide sustaining energy. That balance is critical and
PureSport contains the optimal blend of carbohydrate and protein for better
performance and faster recovery."
In addition to whey protein isolate, which is rich in essential amino
acids and provides quick muscle recovery, PureSport includes Maltodextrin, a
complex carbohydrate for long-lasting, sustained energy; sodium to replenish
losses due to perspiration; magnesium to aid in the protein synthesis that
helps prevent muscle breakdown; and potassium to help keep body fluids in
balance.
PureSport comes in a powder form and the drinks are made by adding water,
not milk, a benefit for those who are lactose intolerant. PureSport drinks do
not have caffeine.
According to Ivy, another critical factor with respect to performance
drinks is when you drink them and that's why he created two complementary
performance drinks. PureSport Workout is used prior to and during exercise to
improve endurance and reduce muscle tissue damage while PureSport Recovery is
used within 30 minutes of completing a workout to speed the storage of muscle
and liver glycogen and promote muscle tissue repair.
"When you exercise," says Ivy, "the muscles become very sensitive to
certain hormones and nutrients, and you can initiate many highly desirable
training adaptations if you make sure the correct nutrients are present. This
increased sensitivity of the muscles only lasts for a limited length of time,
so the element of time becomes absolutely crucial. If you miss this window of
opportunity, there's no way you can stimulate the muscle adaptations to that
extent until after the next bout of exercise."
Reese incorporated an early version of PureSport into the training
sessions of everyone from his swimmers to friend Roy Spence, of Austin
advertising agency, GSD&M, who took the drinks on his much-publicized walk
across America.
"In every case, their endurance was better, their recoveries were quicker,
they had less post-workout soreness and three of my swimmers broke world
records this year," said Reese. "I've been at this a long time; the drinks
were definitely a factor."
Humphrey, a seasoned Texas businessman, came on board in late 2007. "The
science was there, the results were there and the product was there and tasted
great," says Humphrey. "The only thing left to do was to make it more widely
available. Our goal is to make PureSport accessible to everyone who wants to
enhance how their body deals with strenuous activity, whether that activity is
competing in a triathlon, running on a treadmill, cleaning out the garage or
chasing after your kids."
Available in grape, fruit punch, lemon lime and banana berry, PureSport
Workout and Recovery formulations will be available beginning July 1 at CATZ
Sports stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York and
Texas, at RunTex stores in Austin and Georgetown, Texas, and online at
http://www.puresport.us. A case of 20 oz. bottles (24 servings) and a 3-lb.
tub (54 servings) of the PureSport Workout formula will retail for a suggested
$55 and $43, respectively. A case of 16 oz. bottles (24 servings) and a 3-lb.
tub (19 servings) of the PureSport Recovery formula will retail for a
suggested $60 and $33, respectively.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming will take place in Omaha from
June 29 through July 6.
About PureSport
PureSport is a brand of patent-pending performance drinks, made by adding
water, that feature the optimal carbohydrate-to-protein ratio of 2:67-to-1.
Created by Dr. John Ivy, chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health
Education at the University of Texas at Austin, in consultation with Eddie
Reese, head coach for the men's 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team, PureSport is
available in two formulations: PureSport Workout, which is used prior to and
during exercise to improve endurance and reduce muscle tissue damage, and
PureSport Recovery, which is used within 30 minutes of completing a workout to
speed the storage of muscle and liver glycogen and promote muscle tissue
repair. Among the athletes and coaches who are working with PureSport
performance drinks are world-class swimmers Michael Phelps, Brendan Hansen,
Ian Crocker and Aaron Peirsol; coach of the University of Texas men's swim
team and the men's 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team, Eddie Reese; coach of the
Longhorn Aquatics swim team, Randy Reese; and University of Michigan swim
coach, Bob Bowman. PureSport Workout and Recovery formulations are available
in grape, fruit punch, lemon lime and banana berry flavors at available at
CATZ Sports stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York
and Texas, at RunTex stores in Austin and Georgetown, Texas, and online at
http://www.puresport.us . A case of 20 oz. bottles (24 servings) and a 3-lb.
tub (54 servings) of the PureSport Workout formula will retail for a suggested
$55 and $43, respectively. A case of 16 oz. bottles (24 servings) and a 3-lb.
tub (19 servings) of the PureSport Recovery formula will retail for a
suggested $60 and $33, respectively. For more information about PureSport
performance drinks, please visit http://www.puresport.us.
Karyn Ravin
Maletzky Media for Dynabrand
212-829-0150 x1
karyn@maletzkymedia.com
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