Category Archives: fit for life

I consider myself more of a”trying not to get fat athlete”, but Faster Tomorrow’s Matt Fitzgerald has a good post about the top ten foods they consider the best for endurance athletes, along with a good recipe for a recovery … Continue reading →

There is a great article in Velonews about the first study to evaluate caffeine’s potential benefits in the recovery phase of a workout. The researchers theorized that because pre-workout caffeine intake increased availability of glucose (a sugar used by the … Continue reading →

Yesterday the New York Times had an interesting article about Dave Wiens, the mountain biker who has won the Leadville 100 the last 6 years in a row (article here). From the tone of the article, I felt like the … Continue reading →

I have been focusing on my diet a lot more lately, which has meant a lot more vegetables, a lot less sugars and more lean protein sources. This focus has been the result of dating a girl that loves to … Continue reading →

I was not much of a coffee drinker when I was in college. But after moving to Portland, OR I quickly found that coffee was not only the best way to start a morning, but essential to surviving the dreary … Continue reading →