Atlanta Falcons NFL players Ricardo Allen (safety) and Kemal Ishmael (outside linebacker), who helped turn the franchise into NFL elite, rely on Oxygen Plus for energy and recovery – both while training and on game days.
Oxygen Plus’ handheld canister, with an easy-to-use mask/trigger oxygen dispenser, makes it the perfect off-the-benchoxygen boost for athletes – both in and beyond the NFL. Both players expressed their enthusiasm for Oxygen Plus on their social media accounts recently: Ishmael said, “all gas no breaks” and Allen stated, Oxygen Plus “gives me a boost of energy and helps me recover faster.”
For professional NFL athletes like Allen and Ishmael, both 26, taking care of their bodies in order to maintain peak physical performance is crucial for training and competitor. The intense performance of athletes increases the body’s requirement for oxygen. Breathing and heart rates increase to supply that need. The muscles that do not take in enough oxygen convert glucose into lactic acid instead of energy, causing muscle fatigue. Athletes want to ward off an oxygen shortage because lack of oxygen interferes with the body’s optimal energy creation process.
A recent study found that endurance athletes who were administered oxygen at 99.5%, and had a 90-second recovery period, experienced an increased SpO2* recovery time1. The same study showed inhaling an increased pattern of oxygen during exercise can reduce inflammatory response post exercise.
Knowing what it requires to get to The Big Game, Oxygen Plus and the Falcons stars are excited to expand their partnership during the offseason.
SpO2 is an idea of the amount of oxygen in the blood.
1 White, J., Dawson, B., Landers, G., Croft, K., & Peeling, P. (2013). Effect of supplemental oxygen on post-exercise inflammatory response and oxidative stress. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(4), 1059-1067.
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