Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

  Can you relate? You finish a long or hard workout and you have no appetite. You'd think you'd be ravenous after a tough training session but eating is the last thing on your mind. Even worse, the thought of food leaves you feeling nauseous. But come the evening or the next morning, you are starving and you can't seem to stop the nagging hunger pangs and fill the bottomless pit in your stomach.  If you said "that's me!" you are not alone. Having a decreased appetite after certain training sessions is very common. However, just because this is a normal phenomenon, this doesn't mean that its ok not to eat. The food you eat post workout provides the fuel to power future workouts and gives your muscles the nutrients needed to properly recover from the previous session.  Here are a few reasons why your appetite is blunted post workout:  Internal body heat - Contracting muscles produce heat. Around 20% of the energy produced by contracting muscles is used for m...

Do you have a long workout this weekend??✋ As you get closer to your key races, you will likely see longer workouts in your training plan. The higher volume workouts play an important role in your athletic development and race readiness. However, completing a long workout requires much more than just showing up and going through the motions. Because many athletes perform long workouts on the weekend - after a stressful and busy week of work, it's not uncommon to begin the workout poorly prepared, exhausted, underfueled and dehydrated. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your long workouts.