Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Carbohydrates receive a lot of attention among the endurance athlete community. Recently, endurance athletes have reported consuming well above 90g carbohydrates per hour. As a result, athletes are demonstrating impressive performances during extreme endurance exercise. Because energy needs are high and carbohydrate stores are limited in the muscles and liver, high carb intakes have provided great value to athletes who are expended a great amount of energy during continuous efforts of long duration and/or intensity.   However, with "high carb" being all the rage these days, daily fiber intake has become an afterthought. This doesn't fair well when a significant portion of Americans consistently fall short in meeting dietary fiber goals due to diets high in processed, refined and fast food. Although we know fiber is an essential component of a healthy diet, consuming fiber around (and during) workouts is well, not so healthy.  As with most sport nutrition guidelines, ...

In addition to giving my love to all of the farm animals, two farm highlights were beekeeping and weaving. When I learned of all the things that needed to be done around the farm, one of my bucket list farm to-do's was to dress up in a beekeeping outfit and see the bees at work. Mission accomplished. The only downside to this was that within one-hour of arriving to the farm, I got stung by a wasp on my wrist. Not only was my hand in a lot of pain, but as the day went on (and for the next 72 hours), my hand continued to swell - big time. I could barely use my hand. While my allergy to stings/bites is incredibly uncomfortable, I wasn't going to pass up on the opportunity to see the magic life of bees. Julie is extremely passionate about fiber spinning and weaving . She has several looms around the farm property and plenty of furry animals to help her pursue her love of spinning fiber into yarn. Inside the Sheppard's Croft (wher...

Within a "healthy" diet, a high-fiber diet has its many benefits such as controlling blood sugar levels, lowering high levels blood cholesterol, normalizing bowel movements and keeping the intestines/gut healthy.  Furthermore, a high fiber diet has been shown to assist in weight loss and maintenance because fiber is associated with satiety.  In today's society, we are heavily educated about"healthy" eating and certainly, fiber has an important role in our diet.  High-fiber diet Recommendations for daily fiber are: 21-25g/day for women 30-38g/day for men Most individuals receive around 15g of fiber in the daily diet.  How easy is it to meet recommendations with a real food diet? 1 cup rraspberries- 6 grams 1 cup cooked barley -8 grams 1 cup lentils - 15 grams Total: 29 grams fiber Because fiber (along with adequate fluid intake) moves through the digestive tract quickly and relatively easily for most healthy individuals, you can see why we need fib...