But enough about that, back to our topic.

Nutrient is important; not just during a race or training, but all the time.

But more even more important than that would be proper nutrient. Once I really got into all the training and how both the training and the food that I ate affected me I realized something; food is fuel.

And you need the proper amount of it and the right type to make sure that your body performs correctly. If you don’t do that things can get out of whack fast.

And this past off season that is exactly what happened to me.

I burned out after the Devil’s Tri and just backed way off on my training. From there I all but completely stopped for most of November and December, with a few exceptions.

What I didn’t back way off of or stop was how much I was eating.

Now during peak training time I can eat like a machine and actually have to in order to see any kind of weight loss. If I do that, I can drop 4-5 pounds in a week. If I try to eat good and watch what I eat during that time I won’t drop any weight.

Shelly hates that, so if you see her in the summer time Don’t bring that up!

Well, once I stopped training I should have changed my eating habits. I didn’t and as a result of that I gained 20 pounds this past off season.

My Clydesdale status won’t be in jeopardy for a long, long time!

But, training has started back up and I’m now watching what I eat and making sure that it matches my workout schedule. So hopefully I can get rid of those 20 pounds pretty quickly.

Later,
John W.
A Clydesdale in training