Nutrition
Triathlon Nutrition Simplified: Grant's Guide to Eating Right
Triathlon coach Grant demystifies nutrition essentials for peak performance, emphasizing clean eating, protein's pivotal role, and the importance of good fats.
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Carbohydrate ingestion rates during exercise: 90 vs 120 grams per hour – which is best?
Recent research challenges the notion that ingesting more than 90 grams of carbohydrates per hour during exercise boosts performance.
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Exogenous Ketones and EPO boosting - Worth the Hype?
Exogenous ketones, particularly ketone monoesters, may stimulate the production of EPO, potentially enhancing red blood cell count and endurance performance.
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Fueling High-Performance Triathletes: A Personal Review of Fastfood Energy Gels and Hydration
Fastfood sports nutrition Galacto Gels and Hydrators impressed with their taste, balanced energy release, and cost-effectiveness, making them a strong contender for high-performance triathletes.
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Review: PREPD Hydration
PREPD is a new hydration solution to hit the market, focused on the specific needs of athletes during different stages of performance, pre and post exercise. PREPD is backed by over 20 years of collaborative medical research between Flinders and Yale Universities. The original clinical research devi
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Upgrade Snacks to Mini-Meals During Training
Anyone who does a lot of fitness training will know that they're burning up the food they eat more efficiently and quickly than when they're in an inactive phase, and there's a tendency to think that as long as you're exercising you can eat what you like, as you'll soon
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Recovery Smoothie – Supercharged Green and Berry Smoothie
After a long hard workout I like to get fueled right away. I find it easiest for me to get down a smoothie rather than solid food. By making a smoothie I am able to pack it full of nutrient dense foods. Below is my “go to” – Green & Berry Super Smoothie 16 oz […]
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A Healthy Spin on a BLT
BLT Heirloom Tomato with Eggplant Bacon and Frisee 4 Tomatoes (Heirloom variety ) 1 Japanese eggplant (Large) 3 heads baby frisee ½ Maui Onion ½ bunch Red Radish ½ cup Vegan Mayonnaise (Hampton creek, which can be purchased at local markets) 2 Lemon Salt Pepper Cayenne Pepper eggplant marinade 2 tbs
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Quinoa Tacos
Quinoa Tacos 1 cup Red quinoa (uncooked) 1 ¼ cup Water + ½ cup 1 white onion (large ) 1 cup Tomato based salsa 2 cloves Garlic 2 tbsp Olive oil 1 tbsp Smoked Paprika 1 tbsp Chile powder 1 Tsp Cumin Salt & Pepper to taste 1 dozen Corn tortillas 2 Vine ripe Tomatos […]
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3 Key Tips for Race Day and Recovery Nutrition
Most triathletes, at every level, spend a great deal of time tweaking their gear and tweaking their training programs. But I’m amazed by the number of athletes who neglect an area of preparation that can potentially have more impact on their performance and results than any other, especially on race
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Healthy and Fast – How to keep your immune system strong
Why it is so important to keep your immune system strong & why it will help you go faster! We’ve all heard it before – ‘eat more fruit and veg’, ‘sleep more’ blah blah…. But as endurance athletes and mostly as age group athletes who work and have many other commitments other than training, it [&
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Gluten Free Eating – Putting it into Practice
Training & Racing Fuel Now I know a lot of you are interested in learning what gluten free foods/fuel I use in my training and racing. I am going to share this with you, but do warn that you may be a little disappointed. I say this because, quite honestly, I keep it pretty simple. […]