Rhodiola boosts physical & mental performance along with enhancing recovery from intense-resistance exercise. Broadly speaking these beneficial effects result from the interplay of several physiological mechanisms. Rhodiola rosea... • Enhances mitochondrial function & therefore influences substrate oxidation & turnover. • Reduces exercise-induced lipid & protein oxidation. • Facilitates the biosynthesis activation & transport of neurotransmitters in the brain particularly the opioids (i.e. beta-endorphins). • Influences the levels of biogenic monoamines such as serotonin dopamine & norepinephrine in the cerebral cortex brain stem & hypothalamus. • Modulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.