Fueling the triathlete, a recent post on Livemultisport.com by Cliff Worden-Rogers …
Trips’ = What I call triple workout days. So I had back to back trips’ concluding today. Lots of swim, bike and run. My focus was on getting my nutrition down. What I learned from doing these is all day your body is burning fuel, either in repairing itself or making you go!
Here are some of the keys:
- Breakfast – If you ate well the day before start with a medium size balanced breakfast, 500 -600 calories.
- Workout
- Post Workout – Start eating! Consume a major quantity of calories say 1000 with the focus on high quality carbohydrates.
- Pre Workout – Something easy to consume, I like toast and peanut butter; about 250 calories.
- Workout
- Post Workout – Again, high carbs and a mixture of protein and fat.
- Nap
- Pre Workout – Whatever you feel like. I chose hummus and a piece of chocolate. Make sure that you don’t have any hunger cravings before leaving the house. Going out the door hungry will probably make this workout a waste.
- Workout – Keep up the calories, shooting for 200-300 per hour.
- Post Workout – Fuel up. Spaghetti or a large stir fry.
- Snack – Whatever the body is craving.
Seriously, this was my day x 2. The only thing that was different on the second day was starting with a larger breakfast, as my body woke up a bit hungry. I know what your thinking, how?!
Anywho, tomorrow I get the day off, just a swim in the morning then its back to trips’
