Learn How to Box Your Own Bike
by Dr. Matt Fontaine I decided to opt in to package my own bike. Thanks to a good friend who travels with his bike for races such as RAM I was in luck. He graciously lent me his bike case from TriAll3Sports. I was...
Endurance Sports Performance
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Keeping Stats and Crunching the Numbers
by Dr. Matt Fontaine What should you track and why? Triathletes love to track stats, like WATTS to measure power output on the bike, Heart Rate (HR), what HR zone you are training at ( zone 1- zone 5), LT, VO2Max. These...
Proper Nutrition During Training and Competition
by Dr. Matt Fontaine This article will detail important supplements. The following is a short but essential list of supplements: magnesium glycinate, glutamine, a good B vitamin, essential fatty acids, vitamin B12. Why proper gut health and nutrition are critical in optimizing health and...
Dealing with Aches and Pains
by Dr. Matt Fontaine You are going to hurt, and hurt all over. What exactly does that mean? In a future article I will discuss soft tissue injuries and how they occur. They are often the result of repetitive motion and overtraining....
Utilize Your Strong Discipline to Your Advantage
By Dr. Matt Fontaine [caption id="attachment_907" align="aligncenter" width="300"] IM Florida[/caption] It is important to know your strengths as well as your weakness. All athletes will have both, but some will have strengths that gravitate towards a certain discipline in a multisport like Triathlon. ...
Don’t Stop Running
"Adversity is preparation for greatness." ~ Andy Andrews If you are a runner and anything like the thousands of runners I have treated over the years, you have probably never heard a physician to tell you to "keep running". For most runners, running is as much...
Strength Training Tips for the Triathlete
I feel that picking a day a week to do some strength training would be best. Core should be done 3-4 days a week, RECOVERY/ REGEN daily if appropriate: foam roller/mobility. So I thought I would take you through the following: Mobility Warm...
Understanding Flexion Distraction Treatment for Disc Herniation
Lumbar radicular symptoms can be caused by lumbar intervertabral disc herniations. If a disc injury is positively established through diagnostic imaging, surgery is a commonly recommended approach. Flexion/Distraction manipulation is a therapeutic alternative that may offer relief for subjective complaints and elimination of...
Get Good Quality Coaching
A coaching program is essential. Even if you use it only as a guide, it is helpful to have a structured plan to go off of. You can then tailor it based on your needs, the need for rest time, the need to work around...
Why it is important to establish a proper training base:
A Half Ironman (or Half Iron-distance) Triathlon consists of a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride, finished off with a 13.1 mile run. Double that for the Full IM. These distances require a great deal of conditioning, time and training. What conditioning...
