This is useful article from US Triathlete magazine (http://triathlon.competitor.com/2012/06/nutrition/healthy-habits-of-fit-triathletes_56290) If you’re struggling to reach your ideal race weight, try implementing these healthy habits this season. They read hunger signals. To stay lean year-round, learn to eat when hungry and pass when full. This also means that you don’t feel pangs of guilt for chowing down
The following comes from Joe Friel (http://www.joefrielsblog.com/), in a blog post he sent this week on altitude in a practical Q&A style. Q. Why is riding at altitude so difficult? Physiologically speaking, what happens to the body? A. Oxygen delivery to the muscles is reduced at altitude. This means that the athlete’s aerobic capacity (VO2max)
This comes from Run the Edge blog (http://www.blog.runtheedge.com), with US Olympian Adam Goucher and Tim Catalano, and has some great tips: Dynamite sits quietly until it meets a match. Lighting the fuse is a little thing that releases the explosive potential hidden inside the dynamite. Sometimes little things can make a big difference. How do
I got the following from a interesting post from the www.nerdfitness.com web-site, which provides some pretty straight forward advice and information on health and fitness. The full article is here http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/06/07/stuff-you-dont-need/, but below is a summary of the six big things that people THINK they need to get healthy. 1. Gyms 2. Supplements and pills
A picture says a thousand words…
Joe Friel is a guru of sports training in US, having written several books and coached many top athletes. He also writes a good blog (http://www.joefrielsblog.com ) , which this week featured the following: I recently answered this question for a German magazine. It’s an issue that is seldom discussed and often taken for granted–recovery.
We recently ordered some hoodies, and they look great…have a look at this!! I’ll let your know when we put in another order.
We’ve got some great, new caps and visors done in our new logo for $25 each…here’s a picture. Please let me know if you’d like one…
Another article from Alex Hutchinson at Sweat Science (http://sweatscience.runnersworld.com/). Interesting new review by German researchers in the journal Pain on pain perception in athletes, aggregating the results of 15 previous studies. Some key insights: * Athletes clearly have higher pain tolerance than the general population. That’s a correlation, but what about causation? Does hard training
The following comes from the interesting web-site Run the Edge (http://www.runtheedge.com/) with some good advice!! When the going gets tough…quit! This is not the type of running advice most runners expect to hear but quitting bad habits of body and mind can be just as effective as trying something new. Call it “addition by subtraction.”
Pologue / Stage 1 The opening day of the 3 day stage race in China started with a 80 minute high paced Prologue, followed by a 45 min rest and then Race #1, which lasted 4:50 hours. Temperatures were near 30 C plus and the sun was burning hot. Adventure Junkie had a strong start
Ironman Australia Port Macquarie Race Report – 6th May 2012 I had been planning to compete in this race as my 2nd Ironman for over a year, with the dream of winning my age group in order to obtain an elusive Kona slot. This certainly created much different pre-race expectations and pressure compared to my
Yet another article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) A study from California State University, Fullerton shows that taking protein during exercise does not help you race faster (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research/National Strength & Conditioning Association, May 2012; 26(5):1361-5). A study from Denmark shows that taking protein during endurance exercise does not increase muscle
A very timely article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) which I could have used last week… Muscle soreness should be part of every exercise program. If you don’t exercise intensely enough on one day to have sore muscles on the next, you will not gain maximum fitness and you are also losing out on many
Recently I’ve been reading the book “Paula. My story so far” by Paula Radcliffe (the women’s marathon world record holder) which has been interesting on a lot of counts…not the least of which is how many injuries how many little health issues she’s had during her career. One particular little section jumped out as a