Comments (0) At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Stay tuned for more running tips from Janda!
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At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Stay tuned for more running tips from Janda!
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 your nutritional plan as a major part of your training, not just something that you do throughout the day. Inadequate caloric intake, poor food choices, and mistiming of meal consumption will hinder performance and compromise your best efforts on the training and racing fronts.
When you’re training hard, you have to think of your body as a finely tuned machine that requires very specific fuel sources in order to keep it running at its best. Unlike machines however, our bodies require a wide variety of fuel sources throughout the day in order to function optimally. Believe it or not, there are actually times when a soft drink such as “Coke” constitutes a better calorie source than a fresh apple or steaming hot bowl of oatmeal (yes, you heard me correctly!). Continue reading 'On Your Mark, Set, EAT!'»
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