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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...