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.
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.
With less than three weeks to go before the 2021 London Marathon, here are nine evidence-backed nutrition tips to help you get the most out of your marathon training
Almost every athlete will have to take time off from training due to a sports injury at some stage. A survey of British Olympic athletes found that 43% of athletes get at least one injury per season, some suffering multiple injuries, with each injury causing on average 17 days lost to training and one competition…
It’s probably not something you often think about but the trillions of microbes that reside in your gut have a huge impact on many aspects of your health, including your sporting performance. These bacteria, yeasts, fungi and viruses release chemicals that influence your weight, immunity, cardiovascular system, mental health and your susceptibility to acne, allergies…
If you train outdoors during winter, you’re putting your body under extra stress so you’ll benefit from a good fuelling plan. By building some healthy eating habits now you will ensure you’re fit and ready for the dark months of training ahead. Winter endurance training demands a lot of energy from your body and it’s…
17th February 2016 One of the most frequent questions I get asked by runners after a talk is how to prevent or cope with gastro-intestinal (GI) problems and transit troubles during training and races. It’s not an issue many like to talk about openly but it’s one that’s surprisingly common among endurance athletes. It…
Think a vegetarian diet can’t give you the right nutrition for your training? Well think again – there are plenty of examples of world-class athletes who have shunned meat. David Haye, Lizzie Armistead, and Serena and Venus Williams, Brendan Brazier and Martina Navratilova to name a few. Whether you’re a veggie sceptic, a committed vegetarian, a part-time veggie…
