Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

You can get dehydrated in the cold or when swimming. FACT When exercising in cold environments, respiratory water loss increases because of the low humidity and increased ventilation rate. Additionally, under all your clothing keeping you warm, it’s possible for sweat rates to exceed 33 ounces per hour. When swimming, if internal body temperature exceeds the sweat threshold, you will sweat (even if you don’t feel it because you are already wet). You may also find yourself needing to urinate more often when swimming due to the increase in plasma volume that occurs during immersion from high pressure baroreceptors. This may increase risk for dehydration. Make sure to stay up with your hydration intake in cold weather and while swimming by bringing a water bottle with you (or a sport drink when appropriate).  Caffeine causes dehydration.  MYTH Athletes have been cautioned to avoid caffeine (ex. coffee) before and after exercise due to association with dehydration or e...

Last Friday I held another all-day chat with Oakley Women on Facebook.  in honor of National Nutrition Month. The topic was " Myths and Truths about diet, exercise and health" Thank you for everyone for your great questions! Here are my responses below. Q.   What is your take on not eating carbohydrates for dinner and sticking to lean protein and veggies. In order to minimize calories before bedtime/less energy expenditure at night.   Breakfast being biggest meal and decreasing throughout the day based on training session timing. A.   great question. There's two ways that I like to see food - for fuel and for health. There many great nutrients found in food that we never want to restrict a healthy food for fear of calories. It is important to think about the nutrient s in food, throughout the entire day. Food for fuel means using the food that we eat to give us energy when we need it (or need to recover). If there is minimal working out in the ...

You'd think that everyone in our nation would like to be healthier, more fit and eat better but that's not always the case. There are some individuals who are happy just the way they are but if you are reading this blog right now, it's likely that you have a diet, exercise or health-related goal and you are seeking information on how to accomplish that goal.  In the quest of health/nutrition/exercise-related information, it's likely that you are in information overload. Your search engine has seen hundreds of websites, blogs and article links over the past few years and although some of the information may be credible, effective and appropriate, it's likely that a lot of the information you have read (and continue to read) on the internet is not very reliable (and often times, very unhealthy).  Now a day, it's hard to decipher what is factual or false because there are many sources to receive information. There are books, magazines, the media, telev...