I’ve written in the past about carbohydrate cycling.
The premise being, that you eat more carbs on certain days, usually correlating to the amount of training you do.
Get this right and you can boost your energy levels, whilst losing fat – WINNER!
The same then is true of calorie cycling, but it allows you little more flexibility on what you eat.
As with carb cycling, you would match your calories to that weeks training.
For example:
If on a Saturday you do a brick session of a 2 hour bike, followed by a 1 hour run, you will have higher energy requirements.
If you skimp on fuel now, your performance will suffer and you will likely NOT recover well.
This means eating sufficient calories before, during and after your session.
The opposite is also true.
So if you don’t train on a Wednesday you will eat less calories.
Getting the calculations right on this is crucial.
It is not just a matter of going to an all you can eat buffet on the longer hard sessions and then surviving on lettuce on the rest day.
The calorie calculations are precise.
It’s something that I am covering this week in my private coaching group – The Total Triathlete:
If you join the group, simply give me your weight and an idea of your training plan and I can match the calories up for you.
Thats a one to one service.
It will be done via the private Facebook group.
In that group, you also get the chance for me to critique your nutrition as often as you like – daily if it helps.
Just post your food and I will tell you what and where, you can do better.
As race season approaches, this can make your season.
This group is growing weekly and I am NOT going to be able to offer such a personal service forever, so get in now whilst you can.
It is £10 a month (12 ish USD) per month.
On sign up you will also receive a FREE copy of my E-book – The Triathlete Nutrition Code.
Jamie “You’d be a fool not to” Leighton