Race-Week Fueling: How to Eat During Your Taper for Peak Performance
by Coach Paul Warloski You’ve reduced your training volume to freshen up before your A event, whether it’s cyclocross, gravel bike race, or a trail run. Now match it with smart nutrition during your taper. During the seven to 14 days before your A-priority race, the goal isn’t to eat less; it’s to arrive topped […]
Fueling Recovery: How Everyday Athletes Can Use Nutrition to Speed Up the Process
As an everyday athlete, you know the drill: hard workouts, long rides, intense runs, or grueling races. But what happens after your workout is just as important as the sweat session itself. Recovery is when your body rebuilds, restores, and gets stronger. And while rest is key, nutrition is a game-changer when it comes to […]
The Truth About Protein: Debunking Misconceptions and Maximizing Benefits for Endurance Athletes
Very few supplements on the market actually work for everyday endurance athletes. Protein is one of them. However, there are many misconceptions around getting enough protein. Jose Antonio is a nutrition scientist who has done a series of reviews into supplements that work (protein, caffeine, and creatine). We will go through his review and summarize […]
What’s On Your Plate: A Balanced Approach to Weight Loss for Everyday Endurance Athletes
I’ve been writing a lot lately about nutrition mostly because my athletes and others have been asking me about it. And good nutrition has come up in discussions about race performance and being under-fueled. Essentially our discussions come down to three questions: Are you eating enough? At the right time? And what does your plate […]
Mastering midlife nutrition: a guide for the over-50 endurance athlete to lose weight, gain energy
Navigating nutrition after 50 can be tricky at best, especially as an endurance athlete. I had a long discussion with several older male athletes about nutrition recently and decided to share my current understanding. (I have a nutrition certification, and I’m not a nutritionist or dietician.) Some endurance athletes over 50 tend to not eat […]
Female Athlete Nutrition: Fuel for Performance & Strength
My daughter was a high school swimmer who refused to heed her dad’s advice that female athletes need more protein in their diets, probably way more than they’re currently getting. Those of you who have raised teenagers understand my daughter was pretty convinced she knows everything. Yet as her season continued she got more tired […]
