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Post Workout Recovery Nutrition

9/21/2014

 
Triathlete Training Scenario

Some days are pretty rough and training can get difficult and with our busy schedules it is hard to eat healthy and get the required nutrition to recover prior to your next workout. We typically wake up early and head to the gym for a swim or out for an hour bike or run.  Let’s face it, most of the workouts that I schedule will take at least an hour and on the weekends it can be much longer of pure cardio.  Typically we head straight to work from there and our time there can get quite busy and we just don’t find the time to eat or drink regularly to keep the body properly fueled.  For most triathlete training for a half-ironman or longer, I schedule a second workout.  So maintaining a proper diet throughout the day will sustain our energy to get a quality evening workout.

Some athlete workout in the evening and it is just important to sustain your fluid and nutrition intake throughout the day and even more important to have the proper post workout nutrition.  You don’t have all day to get in the appropriate carbohydrates and protein to refuel the body for the following days workout.

*  Recovering with proper nutrition after a workout will help you feel more energized for the rest of the day.

*  Avoid long periods of time without fluids or food, even if your daily activities are less intense.  It will take a toll on the body if you don’t remember to eat and drink.

*  Situation like these are very common for triathletes that have a family and must work for a living.  We get busy and forget to fuel properly throughout the day.  A little bit of preparation with the right information and prepping your post workout recovery nutrition will allow your body to recover quicker and set you up for success for your next workout.  Recovering from your workouts is more important than completing your workout as scheduled.


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Why Should I Train So Hard on the Swim?

9/9/2014

 
I have been asked several times, “why train so hard on the swim with such minimal gains? The swim is the shortest discipline and you cannot win with just a great swim.” All of the swimming and swim drills isn’t about having the fastest time in the water to gain maybe a minute or two over the course of 1500 meters. For someone that didn’t grow up swimming competitively, swimming takes a lot of energy. I don’t know about you, but I remember the days when I couldn’t wait to get to the end of the swim and normally I was completely exhausted exiting the water. I feared the swim because of amount of energy it took and not even being confident I could make it to the end.

The swim training is more about becoming as efficient as possible in the water. It doesn’t matter how fast you are in the water, if you enter T-1 exhausted I can guarantee you, your bike and run leg will suffer to some degree. You should exit the water feeling refreshed and ready to hit the bike leg, not gasping for air, thanking God that you made it through the swim. The swim leg should be more of a warm-up for the bike and not a race of its own.

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