From time-to-time I suffer from poor performances that invariably seem to be linked to lack of salts. Sometimes it manifests itself in cramp but I don’t always get to that point before I realise that I need a bit of salt. I’ve often resorted to adding random amounts of table salt (NaCl) to my daily…
Convinced about blackcurrants yet? See image to right. Convinced about the science? See (this) Convinced about Beetroot juice yet? Hang around in the post-race doping testing tents and check out the colour of all the urine samples. (Or just take my word for it…that could get a little weird). Convinced about Caffeine yet? Sigh. Actually…
Science In Sport kindly sent me some free product in return for my thoughts on 2x new products. Here they are: GO CAFFEINE SHOT I used to take Red Bull shots for caffeine but they are now no longer available. So, for me this is a welcome replacement. First up – YOU should be taking…
Before I start wittering on about gel, this is an interesting chart from QS EMFIT. It’s a 6 month daily trend of night-time and waking HRV. The green line is the waking HRV and the higher it is the better it is; the entire white line represents night recovery, sort of. It suggests that I’m…
In previous posts I have scoffed a little about ‘Zone 2 training’ which, by now, I have become quite accustomed to. I sort-of noticed the increasing volume as the weeks went by but that was all fine as I was secretly enjoying running/cycling a long way and exploring new bits of my neighbouring areas that…
This Tropical Green Smoothie Bowl is powered with spinach and some delicious Winter fruits. To avoid the morning rush, you can make the smoothie base in advance and just pile up some fruits, seeds and nuts on top. It is sweetened with figs which you can replace with dates. Smoothie bowls are one of my…
Recovery Protein Bowl Dressed in a tasty and creamy chipotle avocado dressing this recipe make the perfect post workout meal. Quorn (a healthy low fat protein) is seasoned with smoked paprika for a Southwestern twist. The combination of brown rice, black beans and fresh vegetables makes this protein bowl a balanced meal. Nutritional content…
I’m getting desperate with titles. sorry about that. I meant to post some updates on blackcurrant supplementation a few weeks ago but forgot. I’ve attached one of the press releases, below. Essentially they appear to have the effect of both: skewing the energy source during endurance exercise to fat ie oxideses more fat; and increases…
I had a bit of a mad day on Saturday in the rain. One of those ‘It seemed like a good idea at the time moments’ Of course, in hindsight, they never are. The plan was 90 ish (that means a bit less) minutes running followed by 4 and a half hours or so of…
If you lose a bit of weight as fat then, other things being equal, you should be able to go a bit faster. Unfortunately other things are NOT equal and, for example, you could lose muscle mass and end up being slower. So if we have a calorie deficit (burn>consume) then we WILL lose weight…it just…
