The Female Athlete: Understanding Your Cycle and Performance
Here's an interesting article from Training Peaks: It's not something that is talked about frequently for obvious reasons. I would like to add some information to the article. Higher Progesterone levels also increase fat metabolism. That's one of the reason women crave more food, and especially more fatty foods near the onset of menstruation. Fluid retention: Women typically gain 3 to 5 pounds within the monthly cycle. This is huge for a couple of reasons: 1) you're carrying more weight so it decreases your power to weight ratio; You will be working harder to
You never know what you’re made of until you push your limits.
Pushing your limits; takes you to the next level. Last weekend was my 1st big race for the season, Trinona International Triathlon. The race was Sunday and I wanted to do the Time Trial the night before. The Time Trial is a trip up Garvin Heights, one of the Nation's Top 100 Climbs as rated by Outside Magazine. And where the only "American to ever win the Tour De France", Greg LeMond trained for his Tour wins. I mean, why wouldn't you want to race up that thing and see what you're made