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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The Game Changers Movie

Highly recommended for anyone interested in health, fitness or performance, but also those who are confused by the constant commentary regarding ‘plant based eating’ on social and main stream media.

It is simple, easy to follow, informative and educational. It explores many ben ...

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Food…

Eating and fueling…

Make better choices!

– Eat wholesome, REAL food

– Eat lots of plants

– Avoid packaged, refined foods

– Avoid excessive sugar

– Eat to you needs

– Stay hydrated… mainly with WATER

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Race Day Fueling And Hydration

Do you prepare your body and your gut for the rigors of race day by sampling race day nutrition AND hydration? You should!

By the time you enter your ‘race phase’ you should have a fair idea of your bodies needs versus your guts tolerances. Then you can start to sample timing and volum ...

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VEGETABLES

Vegetables…

You can’t go wrong with eating more vegetables – regardless of your food choices or preferences!

Lots of colour, lots of variety; for HEALTH and PERFORMANCE

#healthyathletes

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Fuelling for Health, and Performance

Fuelling for health AND performance.

Being an ‘athlete’ doesn’t mean you can ‘eat what you want cos you will burn it off’… but, on the flipside you need to ensure you are fuelling APPROPRIATELY (and eating enough) for the demands of your training, and, l ...

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Sugar!

A simple image that shows how addiction works…

Are you addicted to sugar? What harm is it doing to your health?

Break the cycle by making BETTER CHOICES each and every time you’re hungry or need to eat…

A few things to consider:

– are you hungr ...

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Eat your veggies!

Had some great food whilst traveling Europe…

And it was refreshing to see lots of options for the health conscious

Including those with specific requirements (gluten free, vegetarian etc)

Was impressed with the salads in Greece… the portion size was fantastic. An ...

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Nutrition and Fueling Part 4

Nutrition and Fuelling Part 4

This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete

In summation of the last four weeks here are some key points:

– Day-to-day nutrition is separate to fuelling for training and performance – D ...

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