Category Archives: Nutrition

Metabolic Testing: Real World Example

My latest series of training tips have thoroughly examined the use of metabolic testing and analysis and its application for the endurance athlete.  In today’s training tip, I’ll provide a real world example of how said testing can help to differentiate the respective training approaches that two athletes might have to take despite training for [...]
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Metabolic Testing & Analysis: Number Crunching

In this week’s training tip, I will discuss how metabolic testing & analysis allows both coach and athlete to evaluate the various metabolic pathways responsible for aerobic energy production.  For the competitive endurance athlete, having a clear cut understanding of exactly “where” your energy is coming from and how much of it you are using [...]
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Metabolic Testing: Fine Tuning Your Metabolic Efficiency

Let’s assume that we have two race cars:  Car number one is a gas guzzling muscle car, capable of attaining and sustaining very high rates of speed in very short periods of time.  Car number two is a fifty-mile per gallon hybrid vehicle capable of traveling nearly 600 miles on one tank of fuel.  Both [...]
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Replenish and Rebuild

Our latest series of training tips have focused upon hydration both during and after training.  Hydration, of course, is only one half of the recovery equation however.  As a hard working endurance athlete, one of the fringe benefits of training is the fact that you are required to replenish your energy stores post training, and [...]
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Dehydration & Electrolyte Replenishment

Last week’s training tip dove into the issue of hydration and provided you with a few simple ideas as to how you can approximate your individualized sweat rate and hydration needs when exercising under specific weather conditions.  This week, we’ll take a closer look at the issue of dehydration and its impact on athletic performance [...]
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Post Workout Protocol Part II: Hydration

My last beginner training tip focused on the importance of proper execution of the cool down and stretching segments of your daily workouts.  Today, we’ll dive a little deeper into the importance of hydration both during and after your workouts.  If you’re serious about improving your performances, expediting the recovery process is something that you [...]
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On Your Mark, Set, EAT!

When it comes to sports nutrition, timing is everything. Last week’s training tip touched upon carbohydrate replenishment and introduced the subject of the  glycemic index. This week, we’ll talk about how you can use the glycemic index to your advantage when trying to determine what to eat post training. As an athlete, you should consider [...]
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Dehydration

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Hydration Tips

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