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04 Sep Cortisol and its affect on your training and racing results

Posted at 19:53h in Leaner, Lighter & Faster by dawn 0 Comments
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What is cortisol?   Cortisol is a steroid hormone that regulates a wide range of processes throughout the body, including metabolism and the immune response. It also has a very important role in helping the body respond to stress.   What happens if your Cortisol levels are high? Under stressful conditions, cortisol provides...

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28 Aug Omega 3 and its benefits for the endurance athlete

Posted at 10:00h in Nutrition, Energy, Results by dawn 0 Comments
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You’ve probably heard of Omega 3 fatty acids but what exactly are they and why should you care? Omega-3 fatty acids are part of the polyunsaturated fat family. They are essential fats, which means our bodies cannot manufacture them, so they must be supplied through the...

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11 Feb HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT EATING TOO MUCH CRAP

Posted at 22:19h in Leaner, Lighter & Faster by dawn 0 Comments
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HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT EATING TOO MUCH CRAP Endurance athletes need to eat to support their body through training and racing. Day to day eating habits will either support or sabotage your results. The majority of us think that we eat a far healthier...

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25 Oct 3 reasons you might always be hungry

Posted at 17:47h in Leaner, Lighter & Faster by dawn 0 Comments
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When you’re trying to drop body fat for race season, do you find that you’re always hungry and at risk of grabbing the wrong foods?  When this happens, it can make it difficult to drop the weight. When I work with clients, I usually find there...

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19 Oct How cheating can help you to lose body fat

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When I’m working with endurance athlete clients, I don’t expect them to eat perfectly 100% of the time. This is unrealistic. Fad diets often set very high expectations, are strict and prohibitive, often expecting the individual to completely change what they are eating as well as...

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10 Oct When should an endurance athlete shed body fat and weight?

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I ran a day of metabolic testing yesterday to see how metabolically efficient a group of triathletes were. Knowing if your body is metabolically efficient at burning carbohydrate and fat as the right proportions as your exercise intensity changes is really important particularly if you...

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02 Oct Should you eat low fat or high fat if you want to get leaner and lighter?

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For the last 30 years or so, we have been led to believe that fat is bad for us. Government recommendations for the average person have recommended we eat approximately 60% of our daily energy intake as carbohydrate made up of wholegrains. As we have become...

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25 Sep Do you know how to use macronutrients to help you get leaner, lighter and faster?

Posted at 14:02h in Leaner, Lighter & Faster by dawn 0 Comments
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When I’m working with clients who want to lose weight, the first thing I’ll do is calculate what their Daily Energy requirement is. To do this I calculate their Basal Metabolic rate ie the calories their body needs to keep everything working if they were to...

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18 Sep Does fat make you fat?

Posted at 18:19h in Leaner, Lighter & Faster by dawn 0 Comments
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Are you seriously confused about what you should and shouldn’t be eating as an endurance athlete? Should you eat low fat or high fat? Many of the clients I work with are in the 40+ age group which means that they have been indoctrinated into thinking...

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25 Aug Do weight loss supplements work?

Posted at 11:58h in Leaner, Lighter & Faster by dawn 0 Comments
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I’m sure that you know that being leaner and lighter will mean you can go faster but do you consistently struggle to get to your optimum racing weight? If you’re serious about improving your race times, losing body fat and weight can be the best way...

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