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Behind The Bars
By Rob Spedding on 05/11/2003 16:17:37
When it comes to energy bars, you're spoilt for choice. Fear not, we've tasted and tested the 17 top contenders
of the bar, which in turn slows down the fuel as it heads to your blood stream. Ideally, an energy bar should contain less than 5g of fibre, 4g or less of fat and 10g or less of protein. (A couple of the bars tested here are really recovery – rather than
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Andy (sub-4:00)
By on 17/12/2009 17:22:00
Follow the progress of Andy (aka AndyV) live in the forums as he prepares to run a sub-4:00 marathon under the guidance of mentor Steve Smythe
will break 3:30. He has been a great host to the sub-4 thread and was an excellent person to coach - with the exception of the injuries! Gareth says: Andy openly admitted he was a nutritional novice when he started back in January but he was willing to give
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Overtraining: Spot the Signs
By Alice Palmer on 29/03/2010 12:33:51
Discover the mysterious syndrome that could hit your training hard - and how to defeat it
known, is a persistent, unexplained dip in performance that continues even after you've had what you think is sufficient rest. The term 'overtraining' is, in truth, a little misleading - it's actually ineffective recovery and outside stresses that make
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Season's Eatings
By Courtney Johnson on 09/12/2010 12:41:54
With fewer races and training sessions reduced by wintry weather, the off-season can pose a nutritional challenge
to be long periods between meals."RecoveryYou will probably gain a little weight no matter how careful you are, and nutritionists say that's fine and perhaps even beneficial in the long run. "The combination of winter and the off-season represents a threat
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Running Made Simple: Racing and Speedwork
By Mark Remy on 18/05/2005 12:39:40
A third short cluster of tips on how to keep your running a refuge from life's complexity... and maybe even run better in the process
, and so on. Start with four to six reps, and work up to 10 by about two weeks before your goal marathon. Listen to your bodyHow much recovery time should you give yourself between reps in a speed session? Ask three coaches and they'll give you three
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Personal Best Awards 2009
By Runner's World on 24/04/2009 11:10:41
Celebrating the best products, races and services in our sport
worldwide editions last November. Best Nutritional Product For Goodness ShakesFor Goodness Shakes has come a long way from its humble beginnings in a spare bedroom in Clapham in 2003. Designed as a sports drink that provides the right ratio of protein
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Fat's Fantastic
By on 18/11/2009 13:15:49
Omega-3 is the one fat we don't get enough of - and the one we can't live without
At this moment, the chances are you have a dietary deficiency that's harming your health, hindering your recovery and holding you back in training. Even if you pop a multivitamin and get the recommended daily amount of vitamins and minerals, you
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Portion Sizes Explained
By on 25/11/2009 11:14:50
Triathletes are pretty clued-up about numbers, from weights lifted to miles completed. But when it comes to keeping track of how many calories we consume, and the sizes of our portions, most of us are way off
consume twice as much as they think they do. Ellen Coleman, a dietician and one of the authors of Ultimate Sports Nutrition, lays part of the blame on the food industry, which has supersized almost everything. A 2005 study in the Journal of the American
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Q+A: I'm heavy. I'd like to run more than 20 mins
By Alison McConnell on 09/09/2002 17:45:51
Our experts answer real-life questions
that you could try is brisk walking up a hill. Hills provide a very good environment for high-intensity interval training, which involves short bursts of intense activity interspersed with recovery periods. High intensity exercise burns lots of calories, so
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Carb Your Enthusiasm
By on 18/11/2009 15:26:47
Carbohydrates have had a bad press in recent years, but they are vital for triathletes. You just have to know what to eat, and when
to the bowl of pasta you were planning for lunch. You don't need a nutritionist to tell you that refined, processed foods such as cakes, biscuits and pastries have little nutritional value, but many complex carbohydrates are also refined, which complicates
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