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Nutritional Insurance for Your Athletic Lifestyle!
Fast-paced lifestyles, catchy company slogans and inadequate meal planning have left a large portion of our population relying on convenience foods for many, if not all, daily meals, and it’s is no surprise that the typical diet is far from superb. As an Iron Girl athlete, you are taking the necessary steps to live an active and healthy lifestyle and are likely trying to maintain a balanced diet. Competitive athletes have an added challenge to find the balance between a healthy diet with proper nutrients to support their activity level. Click here to continue reading Nutritional Insurance for Your Athletic Lifestyle!...
Recovery Tips
By Polar
If you train intensely, you need adequate recovery between training sessions.
Exercise puts positive stress on the body by forcing it to function outside its comfort zone. During rest, the body will make adjustments to better face the challenge the next time you exercise. These adjustments are what will make your body stronger. In other words, fitness improves not during exercise but during rest. Giving your body ample time to recover from exercise is therefore crucial to getting fit.
Disregarding the need to rest and recover is quite common practice and may lead to injury, overtraining or fatigue. Resting properly isn't the same as skipping workouts or being lazy. Resting is about giving your body the time it needs to get stronger and fitter.
Suggestions for recovery:
1) Take one or two days off per week from exercising
2) Follow a hard workout day with an easy day
3) Don't be afraid to take a day off or reduce training if you're tired
Tip the Scale for Fitness
By Luna
Why is it that most women obsess over the scale? As active women, we should focus on fitness instead as a way to lead a healthy lifestyle. Nourishing your body with the right nutrients and doing some form of exercise every day will make you feel marvelous and your body will love you for it as well (and that’s more than any scale will ever do for you).
Click here to read more on Tip the Scale of Fitness.
Speed, Distance AND Heart Rate... a powerful combination
Training Webinar!
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Training for Cycling While Traveling
By Coach Troy Jacobson
When traveling away from home Coach Troy Jacobson provides tips to help you get the most of your bike workouts. Click here to watch the video tip.
Treadmill Training
By Coach Troy Jacobson
Get the most out of your treadmill training. Coach Troy Jacobson provides tips to help you get the most of your treadmill work outs and adding to your training routine. Click here to watch the video tip.
Dryland Swim Training
By Coach Troy Jacobson
Learn how you can make the most out of swimming without a pool. Click here to watch the video tip.
Strength Training to Take You to the Next Level
By Coach Troy Jacobson
Time saving upper body / core strength training routine for triathletes. Click here to watch the video tip.
