A few weeks ago I finally started cycling after, unusually, taking a three month winter break. I was initially surprised by how hard I was being hit by the cycling and the impact that it seemed to be having on my lifting. I was surprised until I realised that I wasn’t taking a bottle of [...]
Tags:dehydration·Recovery·Supplements·Training·Workout nutrition
Last week I wrote about the timing of workout nutrition, concluding that pre-workout nutrition is vital to athletic performance and improvements to this performance. However, there’s also debate on the content of the nutrition. I’ve set out below various parts of the debate so that you can reach your own conclusions. Pre workout nutrition A [...]
Tags:Diet·Muscle gain·Training·weight loss·Workout nutrition
The issue of workout nutrition, including how much to have, what to have and when to have it, seems to be cause for extended and heated debate in the fitness industry. Recently a couple of things have got me thinking about the timing of my pre and post workout nutrition. The first was a series [...]
Tags:Diet·Muscle gain·Training·weight loss·Workout nutrition
As promised last week, this week I am doing a series of three posts to provide some more in depth information about three key nutrition areas that I have tried to target in the improvements to Chris’s diet: Omega 3 and 6 ratio Acid-base balance Different carbohydrate sources I’m explaining why these are areas to [...]
Tags:Carbohydrate·Diet·Glucose·Muscle gain·Training·Workout nutrition
