How to Prep Your Meals Like a Pro Triathlete

Check out these great dietary tips from Outside Magazine 1.  Make batches ahead of time 2.  Stop Loathing Leftovers 3.  Never make just one meal 4.  Have a quick stand bye at the ready…yogurt anyone?! 5.  Make adding in veggies easy! For the rest of the article

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Spring Training tips by Emma Garrard

Spring Training tips by Emma Garrard

  Spring has sprung. Now it’s time for you to leap off the couch too! As the sun sets after 7 p.m., we’ve got no excuse for not getting in that workout in after work, right? The truth is, most of us are just now starting to

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Running Tips

Running Tips

By, Richard M. Martinez 1. Choose a training program that’s right for you There’s no one program that fits everyone’s needs. Be honest with yourself before you start your training. Look at your time, your life, and your interest and then choose a program best for you.

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Planning Your Season

Planning Your Season

By Terri Schneider, motivational speaker, author, coach and sport psychology consultant. Part of planning a race season involves revisiting your athletic goals for the year. You may decide to stick to shorter events for the whole season or your whole career and continue to refine your speed

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Optimize Your Training When Not Training

Optimize Your Training When Not Training

By Dario Fredrick Effective training has many components: proper intensity, sufficient volume, intelligent nutrition and a balanced psychological approach. While each of these components plays a key role, the most important part of effective training actually happens when not physically training – during recovery. Most competitive athletes

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Roll With It

Roll With It

By Julie Young, owner o2fitness – Optimum Outdoor Fitness – Coaching and Training Want to make leaps and bounds in your mountain bike performance? Maximize your training time with specific cycling workouts on your road bike. With a structured progressively planned training program – you will experience

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N=1

The best health study is the study of yourself. Dr. Sara LaMarch Sports Chiropractor Popular Health Statements Over the past 25 years, diet book sales and gym memberships have increased significantly, yet obesity is on the rise and cardiovascular disease is a common ailment in our country.

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Time to Train = Time to Eat (right1)

Time to Train = Time to Eat (right1)

Written by Sylvie Allen, Coach – Trek Dirt Series www.dirtseries.com Do you have goals and results that you’re striving for? This takes a lot of time and effort with planning and training. Your effort in scheduling your day with your workouts should include equal effort into planning

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Plan Ahead by JP Donovan

Plan Ahead by JP Donovan

Plan Ahead do a dry run, practice transitions, get all of your gear ready the night before: I flew in the night before for the XTERRA Tahoe City with all my gear. I was planning on doing the sprint race, but decided to do the longer one

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Winter Training Tips by Brandon Nugent

Winter Training Tips by Brandon Nugent

Race season is about to kick off. You still have time to decide how you’re going to train this year. Do you work on speed? Is your endurance capability sufficient? Do you have any nagging injuries from the last season? Is there a skill you want to

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6 Pack Abs and a Stronger Core

6 Pack Abs and a Stronger Core

Big Blue Adventure Ambassador had this article featured in Competitor Magazine. 1.   How common is the goal of getting 6-pack abs/a stronger core among the runners/triathletes you work with? Why? ??I think that in the past decade or so runners have become significantly more aware of the

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