Better Performance and Recovery

Strong performance is nothing without recovery

Magnesium nutrition is an area that no serious athlete can afford to overlook.


Magnesium is the single most important mineral for sports nutrition. It is vital for optimal muscle function and recovery, skeletal strength, energy production, and assists in sustaining the high oxygen consumption necessary for athletic performance.

Magnesium's role in sports performance and recovery

Whether you’re a professional athlete or just a casual gym goer, transdermal magnesium supplementation can help you train harder, perform better and recover faster.

Magnesium for muscle recovery and strength

BetterYou Magnesium effectively replaces magnesium lost through sweat and the exacerbated metabolism of exercise, but also helps to reduce tight and stiff muscles and dramatically encourages muscle recovery and reduces the potential onset of future discomfort – known to reduce regular and effective training.

Magnesium for energy

Magnesium is the most important element in the key metabolic process our bodies use to produce energy, called ATP. The primary currency of sustained energy is oxygen, our most efficient and effective energy source.

Magnesium for endurance

Athletic endurance and strength performance increases significantly when a large amount of magnesium is supplemented transdermally and orally. To put it simply, sub-optimal dietary dramatically magnesium intake impairs athletic performance.

Hyrox Official Recovery Partner

An essential part of performance is prioritising recovery. In 2024 we were proud to be the Official Recovery Partner of Hyrox London Olympia. From taking over the recovery zone offering Magnesium Oils and Gels to ease sore muscles to hydrating the masses with our Magnesium waters it was amazing to be part of such an incredible weekend.

Our BetterYou team was available on our stand for participants and supporters to pop by and find out abit more about our Magnesium products and to take part in our hang tough challenge! We also provided the Macmillan team with some Magnesium Oils and lotions to use for their free massages for those taking part.

Hyrox
Elite Athletes

Huddersfield Giants

Muscle recovery for high-impact professionals

Atlantic rowers

Seas the Day

8000 miles non-stop and unsupported. Magnesium is the ultimate endurance
mineral.

Personal Trainers

The Boss Lady

A personal trainer’s choice for optimal performance.

Optimal magnesium within our cells allows our muscles, stressed from exercise, to repair naturally and follow the natural adaptation process so that the body ‘learns’ from the sessions and growth and development is consistent.  


Our pioneering and award-winning range of Magnesium encourages a ‘fast-tracked’ but natural muscle recovery by dramatically improving the metabolic (cellular) clearance process.

Educational videos

The Magnesium effect

The science behind magnesium’s role in muscle recovery and optimal performance

Magnesium Oil tingle or sting? Don't ignore this common deficiency sign
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Magnesium Oil tingle or sting? Don't ignore this common deficiency sign

How BetterYou revolutionised Magnesium supplementation | The untold origin story
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How BetterYou revolutionised Magnesium supplementation | The untold origin story

The Secret Behind BetterYou’s Transdermal Magnesium | A 20-Year Legacy
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The Secret Behind BetterYou’s Transdermal Magnesium | A 20-Year Legacy

Behind the brand

Magnesium Sports Science

Download these in-depth guides to magnesium’s fundamental role in sports performance.

How to use magnesium for optimal performance
The sports science of Transdermal Magnesium
Sports studies with magnesium
Clinical Studies

We’re at the forefront of vitamin absorption research

Our formulations are continually tested and validated through independent clinical trials, ensuring every product delivers proven absorption every time.

BetterYou are at the forefront of absorption research
A study to determine the impact of Transdermal Magnesium treatment on serum levels and whole body CaMg ratios. Watkins K, Josling PD European Journal of Nutritional Research September 2010.

Key Finding: After 12 weeks treatment, subjects raised their cellular magnesium levels with an average increase of 59.7%. Furthermore patients showed a 25.2% improvement in the calcium/magnesium balance. 78% of patients also showed significant evidence of detoxification of heavy metals following treatment with BetterYou Magnesium Oil.

Vitamin D3 supplementation using an oral spray solution resolves deficiency but has no effect on VO2 max in Gaelic footballers:. Joshua J. Todd, Emeir M. McSorley, L. Kirsty Pourshahidi, Sharon M. Madigan, Eamon Laird, Martin Healy, Pamela J. Magee Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health, University of Ulster

Key Finding: Oral spray supplementation significantly increased total 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations compared to the placebo group.

Effect of transdermal magnesium cream on serum and urinary magnesium levels in humans: A pilot study

Key Findings: Transdermal delivery of 56 mg Mg/day showed a larger percentage rise in both serum
and urinary markers from pre to post intervention compared with subjects using the placebo cream, but statistical significance was achieved only for serum Mg2+ in a subgroup of nonathletes.

In vitro transdermal delivery of magnesium.  Dr C Heard Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Cardiff University 2011

Key Finding: Magnesium can permeate the skin from topically applied liquid solutions of MgCl2. The
act of massaging is key to achieving such a high dose.



Efficacy and comparative uptake rates of sublingual and capsular vitamin D preparations - University of Sheffield

Key Finding: A sublingual vitamin D spray is an effective and preferential mode of delivery for supplementation in a healthy population. Achievable rates of vitamin D increment are suggested to be around 2 nmol/ml/day.

A randomised two way cross over study for comparison of absorption of vitamin D3 buccal spray and soft gelatin capsule formulation in healthy subjects and in patients with intestinal malabsorption MC Satia, AG Mukim, KD Tibrewala and MS Bhavsar. Ethicare Clinical Trial Services, Ahmedabad, India. 2015

Key Finding: The buccal spray formulation was able to increase mean serum vitamin D3 concentration
significantly higher as compared to the soft gelatine capsule by up to 2.6 times.

Vitamin D associates with improved quality of life in participants with irritable bowel syndrome: outcomes from a pilot trial
Simon Tazzyman, Nicholas Richards, Andrew R Trueman, Amy L Evans, Vicky A Grant, Iveta Garaiova, Sue F Plummer, Elizabeth A Williams, Bernard M Corfe

Key Finding: The IBS population exhibits significant levels of vitamin D insufficiency and would benefit from screening and possible supplementation. The impact of
IBS on quality of life may be reduced by vitamin D level. Future trials should have a sample size of over 97.

Effects of transdermal magnesium chloride on quality of life for patients with fibromyalgia: a feasibility study

Deborah J. Engen, Samantha J. McAllister, Mary O. Whipple, Stephen S. Cha, Liza J. Dion, Ann Vincent, Brent A. Bauer, Dietlind L. Wahner-Roedler

Key Finding: This pilot study suggests that transdermal magnesium chloride applied on upper and lower limbs may be beneficial to patients with fibromyalgia.

Analysis of the oral delivery of vitamin D3 from BetterYou DLux spray formulations 2017. Mrs Z Hassanali, Dr D M Houston & Dr C Heard Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Cardiff University

Key Finding: Vitamin D3 can be effectively delivered through the tissues of the buccal cavity from an oral
spray… a rapid and more constant delivery is achieved through this method of application.

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of participants reported improved sleep quality after using BetterYou Oral Sprays for 2 weeks
Rate of change of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D following sublingual and capsular vitamin D preparations

Key finding: A sublingual vitamin D spray is an effective mode of delivery for supplementation in a healthy population.

What our customers think

"I’d already tried magnesium max and found it to be the most effective - and so bought it in bulk. Delivery service was also excellent"
Martin
Magnesium Max Original Powder
“My very Painful hand is starting to feel less painful. My husband uses this and he recommends to others. Very happy very impressed. Will definitely be purchasing again ”
Carol Newsum
Magnesium Joint Body Spray
“Have been buying this on repeat for a number of years now. Easy to use and works great! Have recommended to family and friends too.”
Stacey Green
Vitamin D3 3000iu + K2
“This has made such a positive change in my life for myself and my daughter, since using this she sleeps all the way through the night as before it was multiple night wakings, I will be recommending this my friends.”
Caroline Moore
Magnesium Sleep Kids' Body Spray
“I recommend the products as I had a complete blood test done recently and it shows no lack in vitamins. Thank to the spray. Thanks again for your choices of products!”
Armelli
Energy Bundle
“What a pleasure it is to be using BetterYou products as they very quick in acting and the very best part is not taking pills.I would definitely recommend BetterYou to anyone who wants to support a better life/health lifestyle.”
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Immunity Support Bundle