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Posts Tagged ‘fuel’


This Week Last Year » Bikes, Fueling & Walking

This week last year was dominated by exercise related news, although there were a few less topical articles that were worth looking at. This week last year, there was a debate about whether or not you should refuel during a marathon or whether you should stick to water. I had to throw my 2 cents [...]

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This Week Last Year: Headphones, Terrorism, and Records

This week last year, I compared the pros and cons of running with headphones, which is always such a polarizing topic. Shani Davis broke his own 1500m speed skate record with a time of 1:42.32. He bested his own record by 0.36 seconds. Jim Snyder provided some information about the treadmill record from the week [...]

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Do you refuel during your marathons?

At Complete Running, Mark Iocchelli and Steve “Runner” Walker are debating about whether or not you should refuel during a marathon or whether you should just stick to water. Both make some good points, but I definately side with Steve on this one. I have learned what works well for my body, and everybody needs [...]

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Why we rest and how to fuel it

In a collaborative effort with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing all about rest for the month of October. You can expect a new article on the matter every week. Next week will conclude our collaboration on rest. This week’s article was written by Scott and is called Fuel and [...]

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Is “bonking” actually good for you?

Dr. Bente Klarlund Pederse of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, believes that we should spend some of our time training in a glycogen-depleted state in order to maximize our training benefits to increase production of the immune system agent Interleukin-6. In other words, do some workouts underfueled and make yourself bonk in training. Pedersen provided [...]

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Workout Tip: Eat before and after working out

Always be sure to properly fuel your body. A lot can be said about the specifics on how to do that (I recommend reading Eat Smart, Play Hard for those very specifics), but the easiest thing to remember is to eat before and after you work out.

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