Overtraining- What it looks like and Why (exactly!) it Prevents Progress
Most of the folks I speak to every week are looking for one of three things: weight loss, better performance, or accountability- sometimes it’s all three! And for good reason. Being at a healthy weight, having a good heart, and having a good set of lungs in the mountain are pivotal for success. To accomplish this, we typically focus on a very basic, but a strategic plan to help move them from their starting point to their goal over a series of weeks. We build in training days
A CASE STUDY: Tanking during workouts; the cause, existing problem, and fix!
Two-a-days. The very thought of it brings up memories of Nick Smetlz throwing up his lunchtime Doritos during freshman football practice; orange, full chunks ,and all. To our coaches, it was around the ideology that “where some is good, more has to be better!” Thankfully we’ve learned a lot about exercise volume and how much is truly needed to be effective in an athlete’s life. And for those who aren’t familiar with the term, it was one used to describe a training regimen
"Burning Calories." What's it even mean? Heck- what IS a calorie even!?"
I've been convinced for a very LONG time the most important piece of truly understanding nutrition was understanding WHY and HOW things work- not just having someone tell you what to do. This came up recently between an athlete and I. Here's the question he posed: How does ‘burning’ calories fit into the picture? That term burning calories always get thrown around - how does it work in real life? MFP deducts exercise calories from the consumed calories. However, that doesn’t
