CARB LOADING

CARB LOADING? Some thoughts on ‘carb loading’ ahead of endurance events. Our general advice for athletes is that carb loading is NOT necessary for the majority of athletes most of the time. Why? Most athletes will taper their training load in an attempt to peak come race day which will n ...

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CHRISTMAS 🎅

Training day… yay or nay?

If you enjoy it and it’s good for you then why not!

Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄

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A Reminder…

Just a reminder as we head in to race season It should be; Health. Fitness. And then performance. strength hydration recovery nutrition training phase progression Should be considered ON THE SAME LEVEL as your endurance training… not as an after thought. It’s more than swim ...

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How To Get Better

The athletes that perform the best athletically (relative to their potential) as well as in other areas of life have a few things in common… and they are REALLY simple. Honestly, they are accessible to everyone. > they are consistent – they create sustainability, training daily is wh ...

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Winning… QOTD with Gustav Iden

Winning is a choice – Gustav Iden Gustav Iden was quoted as saying winning is a choice. He clarified that what he meant by that was that he know that if you consistently makes the right choices regarding training, training intensity, sleep, recovery, feeling, hydration etc he can win. W ...

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Nutrition & Hydration for Triathlon

Do you practice your nutrition and hydration strategy for racing? No, that does not mean sampling one dose of your proposed product… it means taking in the amounts, quantities and doses you need to / plan to on race day and seeing how your body responds. This starts from some basic testing ...

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S I M P L I C I T Y

Simplicity.

Simple is sustainable.

Sustainable allow for consistency.

Consistency is key.

In sport and in life.

Think of the simple things you can do EVERY day that make you better.

Here are the broad areas we suggest you start.

Sleep Fuel appropri ...

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IN SESSION HYDRATION

To get the most accurate profile of your sweat / sweat loss you can and should complete a ‘sweat test’… our friends at Koda Nutrition have a DIY sweat test that you can order online. They will then analyze your sweat, talk through what it means and work with us to help refine your nutri ...

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Pre Session Hydration

A little summary on pre session hydration…

When considering hydration we want to ensure we are hydrated prior to commencing every session. As such we will focus on some basic hydration tips for daily living.

–> AM Sessions

When training ‘first thing’ i ...

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Efficiency in Endurance Sport

We heard Dr Dan Plews, exercise physiologist, coach and former AG world champion make a great point on a podcast recently…

To paraphrase…

“you don’t need to get faster… you are likely able to swim/bike/run at the speed required to reach your goal. The ...

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