Carb loading is a technique used for long distance endurance events that surpass 90 minutes– running, cycling, and triathlons are the most common. Taper you’re training – before any endurance event it is important to decrease you’re training volume at least 7-10 days before race day. Because you are training hard your body will need […]
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Nutrition and maintaining a balanced diet is an integral part of losing weight and body fat. Unfortunately many fad diets don’t talk about the importance of regular exercise to help burn those extra pounds off. You must be burning more calories than you consume to create a small, but important calorie deficit on a daily […]
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In July, the world’s greatest distance runner, Mo Farah of Great Britain, challenged the world’s greatest sprinter, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, to a race. Farah suggested a distance of 600 or 800 meters, both options significantly longer than Bolt’s preferred race distances of 100 and 200 meters yet significantly shorter than Farah’s own preferred race distances […]
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