As you’re reading this, I am on the motorway travelling down to London for the weekend. If I am completely honest with you, travelling causes me a little anxiety when it comes to my nutrition. I love eating well because of how that makes me feel – Generally energised and strong. When we travel though, […]

There are an awful lot of generalisations made when it comes to both training and nutrition. Some simple principles which are considered, what you need to do – such as: To get fitter – up your volume To lose weight – reduce your calories. Of course both are correct but as we know, both at […]

You may have noticed in the news this week that fat is NOT the reason for the obesity epidemic. What amazes me about all these stories is that they publish them once and get a reaction, then a few months later publish them again – This is NOT new news!

Here is one of the most popular scenarios I come across: I need to lose some weight I will reduce what I eat I will train more I lose a bit of weight I stop losing weight I will reduce what I eat I will train more

Clearly these have become a big part of peoples nutrition, especially race nutrition – What are my thoughts? Let me refer back to a talk I did at my local Tri club in 2014. Gels were the most controversial topic discussed that night…….. The debate went something like:

Nothing seems to get me hungrier than long bike rides. Let me tell you a little story: Some years ago I’d come back from holiday and felt a little fat and threw myself straight back into training. The first session back was a 90 min ride at a steady pace – Zone 2 ish. I […]

Managing everything can be tough – we all know that. But what do you do on weeks when your usual training routine goes out of the window? When you just can’t fit it in. I bet I know……..

I don’t think that there is one single endurance athlete alive who wouldn’t like to get some extra energy for free. Feeling tired is unfortunately one of the challenges of this sport but there are some significant lifestyle factors which can make this better, or worse. I will tell you some common mistakes which will […]

Lets have a look at this in a little more detail: Protein has 4 calories per gram as does carbohydrate. Fat has 9 calories per gram. Alcohol has 7 calories per gram. All of the above have some sort of nutritional benefit apart from alcohol, which has none whatsoever other than providing energy –