What Is CBD?
Short for cannabidiol, which is one of a group of chemical compounds created by the cannabis plant, called cannabinoids. CBD is one of two major cannabinoids (the other being THC), but there are over a hundred such compounds in all and each has its own benefits for the human body.
When you take CBD, it mimics the body’s endocannabinoids and bolsters this system, helping to keep your body in balance and supporting those many important functions. This brings a wealth of health and wellness benefits and is the reason that CBD has become one of the most popular health supplements in the UK today.
How Can It Help My Training?
CBD can help you meet your training goals in a number of ways. Its calming effects make CBD ideal for energy products, relaxing the mind and allowing you to have better focus for your workout. Cannabidiol also works great in CBD pain creams and other topical products, delivering relief to aching muscles and joints, as well as anti-inflammatory support. And CBD is an ideal ingredient for sleep supplements, providing powerful support for your sleep-wake cycle.
Let’s break the core CBD benefits down into four categories: General wellness, Energy and focus, Recovery, and Sleep.
General Wellness
Many CBD oil products are formulated for daily wellness, and contain complementary ingredients to kick that support into high gear. CBDfx CBD Gummies with Turmeric & Spirulina, for example, combine wellness-boosting CBD with two potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory superfoods to supercharge your overall health and wellbeing. Whichever supplement you choose, CBD can be a valuable addition to any daily health regime.
Energy And Focus
When most people think of CBD, the first thing that often comes to mind is its calming properties. Those calming effects are significant. But those same properties can be of great use in energy-based products.
Why have a calming ingredient in an energy product? With CBD, when the complementary ingredients are geared for extended energy for morning or pre-workout routines, cannabidiol can actually serve to calm the mind, giving you laser-focus to go along with that energy. This can make CBD a great pre-workout or pre-race product, if you time your dosage correctly.
Recovery
There is another type of CBD product, beyond the edibles, oils, and vapes. These are CBD topical products, which include creams, lotions, balms, bath salts, and other products, with which the CBD is absorbed through the skin. This allows CBD to interact directly with a localised area of muscle and joint pain or discomfort, as well as skin irritation or inflammation. Application is easy. Simply rub the CBD cream or lotion into the affected area and wait 15 to 45 minutes to feel its soothing effects.
Sleep
As much as recovery has to do with managing aches and pains, sleep is probably the single most important part of recovery. Those CBD calming effects? They’re the real deal, and they make CBD a great base ingredient for sleep supplements. Taken with supplemental sleep ingredients, such as chamomile, magnesium, and passion flower, CBD sleep products can help you get to sleep quickly and allow you to sleep more soundly through the night. This means a solid eight hours to allow your body to repair itself after a hard training session and help you hit the next day’s workout running!
