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Dietary Fat, Endurance Exercise, and Health

by Christopher D. Jensen, 23 December 2008


Does your triathlon training include cutting fat from your diet? The truth is, you may be harming your performance in your next triathlon by limiting your fat intake too much, because fat serves many important nutritional roles. To begin with, fat is...MORE



Alex M. McDonald MD, Medical Doctor and Professional Triathlete

Alex M. McDonald

Q: I have always struggled to keep my heart rate down, and I don't know if it's something nutrition-related (food and hydration), or an aspect of training I'm not hitting enough (aerobic base, aerobic threshold, etc.) but it's hard to train at a certain level if your body won't let you. I can see how it could tie in to something I'm doing/not doing from a nutrition perspective.

A: Training with a heart rate monitor (HRM) is a very important and useful tool for any endurance athlete. A HRM gives a glimpse of what is occurring inside the body during a workout and helps an athlete make the most of each workout. Training by heart

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