Nick Frost Performance & Exercise Coach

If your considering incorporating regular exercise into your lifestyle it’s probably worth asking the big why. If it simply to lose weight chances are your motivation to exercise will wane along with your other new year dieting goals.

It’s time to look at exercise differently.

Chose to exercise to improve your physical and mental health, to be happy, exercise to build strength so you can do more with family and take part in activities you never could, exercise to be social and meet friends and new people, exercise to challenge yourself and build confidence, exercise to live longer and better.

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An interesting recent article, if some what technical, exploring the benefits and pitfalls of periodising nutritional strategies for exercisers and athletes.

The take away for me is if you are considering experimenting with a low carb high fat diet then beware and seek advice on how to periodise the short and medium cycles effectively into your training and as per the statement below recognise that our bodies need a plentiful supply of carbohydrates in order for us to perform at our best.

‘there is continued interest in increasing rather than decreasing CHO dependence to improve performance of events of sustained high-intensity exercise at intensities around the “lactate threshold” (e.g. the marathon) to take advantage of the greater economy of ATP production from the oxidation of this fuel’

researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk

Some great tips for those wanting to improve their swim technique In 2022. Totally agree with improving reach through flexibility exercises to open up the shoulders!

10 swim racing and training tips from tri's best swimmers Want to improve your swim? Here is some advice from some of the best swimmers and coaches in triathlon, including Jess Learmonth, Lucy Charles-Barclay and Henri Schoeman