Tag: running

3 supplements runners should be taking

In an ideal world, we'd all be consuming foods that are going to give us everything we need to achieve optimal health, but we don't. As food choices have become much more wide ranging, do the foods we consume regularly cut the mustard when it comes to providing the vital vitamins, minerals and fatty acids it takes to keep us functioning?
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How To Create And Follow Tempo Runs

Nail those training tempo runs with this mode which comes as part of your Avanti subscription. You set the pacer for a tempo run doing different length segments at different speeds including warmup and cooldown periods and stay level with the pacer for the perfect tempo training run. First go to the workouts section and press the plus button.
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How To Create And Follow Interval / Tabata Runs

Interval running, fartlek, HIIT - it has many names but regardless of what you prefer to call it this mode has everything you need! This is an extension of the tempo mode adding high and low intensity parts to each segments with the ability to repeat each segment and comes as part of your Avanti subscription.
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Hydration for runners, the key to success

We've all heard that we should drink at least 8 glasses a day but is that enough or too much? Our body is 50-70% water, so why is it important to drink so much if our body composition is so full of the stuff? Well it has several roles including being a major component of blood plasma and it also helps to remove toxins from the blood so helping the immune system. All good so far!
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Nutrition For Runners – Getting The Basics Right

Nutrition is such a subjective term and we all interpret what good nutrition is differently.  What we eat greatly impacts how we feel, what we're able to do, and sometimes we can get it wrong when we're looking to  support our activities with the types of food we eat.  When I help someone dial-in their sports nutrition while they're training, I also look at supporting good overall health too.  Why would you want your health to suffer if you're training to be at the top of your game on race day!
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