How to Fuel a Marathon
Whether you are training for a marathon or any other endurance event this season, you’ll need to have a well-rehearsed fuelling and hydration plan if you want to perform to your best ability and avoid nutrition mishaps.
Whether you are training for a marathon or any other endurance event this season, you’ll need to have a well-rehearsed fuelling and hydration plan if you want to perform to your best ability and avoid nutrition mishaps.
Fuelling properly before a workout can help you train harder and keep going for longer, ensuring you perform at your best. Getting your pre-workout fuelling right will help avoid early fatigue, improve your performance, and ensure you have a more enjoyable workout.
Each month sees the emergence of new drinks, powders and pills promising ever-greater performance gains. The options are endless and, unless you have access to a sports nutritionist, pinpointing which ones actually work can feel like an impossible task. According to the 2018 consensus statement by the International Olympic Committee, just five products are supported by robust research and may offer performance enhancement.
Athletes from runners to football players are increasingly adopting plant-based diets for improved performance, quicker recovery and overall health. While there is plenty of science to support the health benefits of plant based diets, does this also mean that they will make you a better athlete?
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We need sugar to fuel our muscles while exercising but we also know that consuming too much can harm our health. The average person consumes 50g (about 12 teaspoons) of sugar* a day, that’s almost double the NHS’s recommended daily maximum (30g, or 7 teaspoons). Energy drinks, gels and bars are crammed with sugar –…
With food prices on the rise, fuelling well is becoming an increasingly tricky challenge. If, like me, your food bill accounts for a big chunk of your weekly spending then you’ll be feeling the financial pinch. Here are 12 ways to cut your food costs without compromising your health or performance. Swap recovery drinks for…
It’s heatwave season and soaring temperatures are adding an extra challenge to our workouts. How can you mitigate the effects, stay cool and keep exercising? To be able to perform well in the heat, you need to be efficient at shedding heat and replacing lost water – but how exactly? What happens in the body…
Not sure how much carbs to consume before, during and after exercise? With so much noise around low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets, its easy to get confused as to how much carbohydrate you really need. Here’s a summary of the current carbohydrate recommendations for fuelling your body.