Off-Season Advice
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 07:53AM Some of you may have read this article in the weekly USA Triathlon newsletter, and many probably did what I did...look at the titles of the articles and put off reading it. Well, I finally read the article written by Bob Seebohar about losing weight during the off-season. I know Bob personally and trust his expertise so much that I strongly recommend everyone read this article.
As competitive athletes coming off a long season, I know first hand that we all struggle with finding the balance between taking some time off from structured training and nutrition without losing fitness and gaining unwanted body weight. You immediately begin reflecting on your season and setting goals for next year. This is great, but don't get caught up in the urge to keep training hard to get a head start on next season; you need to recover both physically and mentally, so read, learn and relax!
Reader Comments (1)
Suzie,
This is excellent advice.
The human body is a living organism that is affected by a complex matrix, of which nutrition and mental well being play a major interrelated role.
I will be the 1st to offer to make that apple pie this fall.
Eneas