27/04/2010 by admin.

Saturday’s boot camp will be at Fort Richmond at 10 am. You might need your SPF.

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27/04/2010 by admin.

Well done to all boot camp participants for their efforts tonight.  We had 5 newbies amongst the 18 participants, 3 of which were part of the ’steal the cones’ winning team.

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27/04/2010 by admin.

Many popular diets suggest you eat lots of protein and sometimes fat and very little carbohydrate.  A conversion with a new client prompted me to write this blog post.

High protein, low carbohydrate diets are popular because there is a quick initial weight loss.  However, the bad news is that much of the initial weight loss is water.

There’s more bad news to come.  These high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets, force your body to begin a process known as ‘ketosis’ in order to burn fats, which results in fast weight loss.  Long periods of ketosis can result in serious health problems and can damage your kidneys and liver.   Ketosis is a process by which your body converts fats into energy.  During this conversion process, ketones are produced as a by-product.  Ketones make your breath smell – some people mistake this smell for alcohol….hmm…not pleasant.

Your body uses glucose, which comes from carbohydrate, to meet much of your energy needs and certainly for any high intensity exercise.  If your body has insufficient glucose available, it will begin ketosis to obtain energy from fats stored in the body.

Your brain can only utilise carbohydrates to function properly, hence high protein diets can impact your thought processes, reaction time and other motor skills.

Forget the quick weight loss route and opt for exercising 3 times per week sufficient to raise your heart rate and breathing levels and a healthy, well balanced diet.

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27/04/2010 by admin.

Tonight’s boot camp will be held at Saumarez Park - meeting in the rear car park at 7.15 pm.

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27/04/2010 by admin.

It’s been a busy few days, two cycle ramp tests on Friday gave an insight into the improvements my trainees have made.  One had improved a massive 45 watts in 4 weeks of training.  My boot camp participants were running their hearts out on Saturday at Chouet.  Sunday was a road race which was won by James McLaughlin who is riding so well this year with more to come.  So it’s been an exciting few days.

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