ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2014
Alcohol: impact on sports performance and recovery in male athletes.
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- The effect of exposure to long working hours on alcohol consumption, risky drinking and alcohol use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury.Environment international · 2021Pooled it
- The Mental Health of Elite Athletes: A Narrative Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Pooled it
- Influence of daily beer or ethanol consumption on physical fitness in response to a high-intensity interval training program. The BEER-HIIT study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Trial
- Effects of Beer, Non-Alcoholic Beer and Water Consumption before Exercise on Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis in Athletes.Nutrients · 2016Trial
- Caffeine and Beetroot Juice Optimize 1,000-m Performance: Shapley Additive Explanations Analysis.American journal of men's healthTrial
- Association of donor heavy alcohol use with graft failure after deceased-donor liver transplantation stratified by donor sex and macrosteatosis in the OPTN/UNOS registry.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Substance Use in Sports: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Professional Footballers in Accra, Ghana.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Moderate alcohol intake and heart rate variability adaptations to high-intensity interval training in healthy young adults: the BEER-HIIT study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding nutrition among bodybuilders of Zanjan, Northwest of Iran: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The 4Rs Framework of Sports Nutrition: An Update with Recommendations to Evaluate Allostatic Load in Athletes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Atrial cardiomyopathy in endurance athletes.NPJ cardiovascular health · 2024Article
- Differences between preemptive and non-preemptive physical activity among 'drunkorexia'-positive college students.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2024Article
- The Nexus of Training Duration, Body Image, Nutritional Practices, and Mental Health: Insights from a Strength Training Cohort.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The interaction of post-activation potentiation and fatigue on skeletal muscle twitch torque and displacement.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- A thematic analysis of alcohol use and culture amongst elite (intercounty) Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) players.Irish journal of medical science · 2023Article
- The Physiological Requirements of and Nutritional Recommendations for Equestrian Riders.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Evidence-Based Recovery in Soccer - Low-Effort Approaches for Practitioners.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
- Effect of the Nintendo Ring Fit Adventure Exergame on Running Completion Time and Psychological Factors Among University Students Engaging in Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- Dietary Intakes, Knowledge, and Perceptions of Semi-professional Rugby Athletes in Scotland.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
Alcohol is the most commonly used recreational drug globally and its consumption, often in large volume, is deeply embedded in many aspects of Western society. Indeed, athletes are not exempt from the influence alcohol has on society; they often consume greater volumes of alcohol through bingeing behaviour compared with the general population, yet it is often expected and recommended that athletes abstain from alcohol to avoid the negative impact this drug may have on recovery and sporting performance. While this recommendation may seem sensible, the impact alcohol has on recovery and sports performance is complicated and depends on many factors, including the timing of alcohol consumption post-exercise, recovery time required before recommencing training/competition, injury status and dose of alcohol being consumed. In general, acute alcohol consumption, at the levels often consumed by athletes, may negatively alter normal immunoendocrine function, blood flow and protein synthesis so that recovery from skeletal muscle injury may be impaired. Other factors related to recovery, such as rehydration and glycogen resynthesis, may be affected to a lesser extent. Those responsible for the wellbeing of athletes, including the athlete themselves, should carefully monitor habitual alcohol consumption so that the generic negative health and social outcomes associated with heavy alcohol use are avoided. Additionally, if athletes are to consume alcohol after sport/exercise, a dose of approximately 0.5 g/kg body weight is unlikely to impact most aspects of recovery and may therefore be recommended if alcohol is to be consumed during this period.
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