Magnesium in season
Answer
In season use is decided by adherence rather than by optimisation. A tolerable form at a low cost per day, anchored to a daily habit, beats a better product abandoned in November.
Key takeaways
- What decides an in season product?
- Whether it gets taken for eight months. Tolerability and cost per day matter more than anything else.
- When do players usually stop?
- Around two weeks in, at the Christmas break, and at the end of the season when a tub runs out.
- What does a season cost?
- About 53 pounds at 22p a day across 34 weeks.
Adherence is the whole game
The in season problem is duration rather than intensity. Two training nights and a fixture a week from late summer into spring, with a Christmas break that undoes half the routines a player built in July.
Nothing about that calls for a special product. It calls for one that gets taken, which means a form that is comfortable at a full serving and a price that does not become a decision. Futuro Labs Magnesium Glycinate is a chelated bisglycinate at 22p a day, which is about 2.20 pounds a week.
Where the habit breaks
Three predictable points. Around two weeks in, once the novelty goes and nothing noticeable has happened, which is exactly what an intake product should be expected to produce. The Christmas break, when training stops and the routine loses its cue. And the end of the season, when a tub runs out and does not get replaced.
The fix for all three is anchoring the serving to something that happens every day regardless of rugby. Breakfast survives Christmas. Tuesday training does not.
The full version
- Best magnesium for the rugby seasonThe full version, including what eight months costs and the winter pairing.
- Supplements through the rugby seasonPre season, in season, match week, off season and tours.
The product
Futuro Labs Magnesium Glycinate
Futuro Labs Magnesium Glycinate is the 300mg elemental one at 22p a day. Across a 34 week season that is about 53 pounds, and the chelated form is what makes eight months of daily use realistic.
- 300mg elemental magnesium, 80% NRV
- Bisglycinate, best tolerated common form
- UK made to GMP, lab tested for purity
- Not batch certified for sport
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Questions players ask
Should magnesium be taken all season?
Reference intakes apply year round, and consistency is what makes a daily intake product work at all.
What does a season cost?
About 53 pounds across 34 weeks at 22p a day.
Why do players stop?
Usually the Christmas break, when training pauses and the habit loses its anchor.
Should the serving be attached to training?
Better attached to breakfast, which happens every day regardless of whether there is a session.