PERFORMANCE NUTRITION

After my recent blog on hydration I got a lot of great feedback from individuals wanting to know how they can work out how much water they need to be drinking. I love that so many of you are taking the effort to really work on your food and training to optimise your results. This blog will be a little bit shorter than my usual blogs. Its primary goal is to help you work out how much water you should be drinking.

Knowing our water balance is just as important for training and events as knowing ou…

I love working with athletes. Whilst I’ve worked with athletes at various stages of their amateur and professional careers, my favourite sports nutrition clients are those who would probably describe themselves more “weekend warrior” than “Olympic ready”. Regardless to their event or level, there’s one thing I need to remind them; “what you’re doing is something extra.”

What do I mean by extra?

Your body runs on what we call a Basal Metabolic Rate. Essentially this is the sum of all the energy i…

Last month I went into detail about how important it is to eat after training. We looked at the types of foods to eat, how soon after training, and why I get all my clients to do this. We also looked a little bit into Intermittent Fasting and how important that even those of you who are IF, eat after training. If you’ve used this last month to assess your after-training fuel habits, and implement or level up new fueling strategies, Great!

Since that post I’ve had a lot of feedback and updates ab…

One of the most important things you can do for your body is to eat properly after a training session. When you exercise, no matter if it's aerobic training or strength you have used glycogen to fuel at least part of the session as well as body fat. Your body after training is primed and ready to make more stores of carbohydrates ( known as glycogen) form the foods you eat. Delaying eating after training will lead to less glycogen being made form the food you eat as well as a decrease in your en…

Article originally published on Blackmores Whether you're running a half or full marathon, getting ready for takes a lot of commitment and training hours. One of the best ways to support your body with a heavy training schedule is to make sure that you re-fuel properly after each workout. Many time people will squeeze in their early morning training and then not eat breakfast until they have gotten to work a few hours later and by then they have missed the boat of optimum fueling and recovery fo…

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