Losing weight is all well and good and obviously can have benefits to performance in triathlon.
However, if we do weight loss the wrong way, we can be left relatively light but still a bit fat.
This is usually because we have dieted and in the process not only lost fat but also muscle.
That muscle lost will in most case negatively affect your future performance.
Whilst Triathlon isn’t a power or strength sport we do want the right ratio of fat to muscle.
How do we achieve this?
The most important issue here is keeping protein intake at a reasonable level.
That and ideally adding some resistance training.
2 strength sessions a week should do it.
This means when dieting you are more likely to lose fat than muscle and hence will be left with a better ratio of fat to muscle.
Which will be better for performance, better for health and better for looking naked!!
My above recommendations can seem simple but of course, the devil is in the detail.
Calories
Macronutrient ratio
S&C
If you want me to cast an eye over this for you, check out my one to one nutrition coaching service.
http://www.nutri-tri.com/individual-nutrition-coaching/
Direct contact with me as much as you need it for 3 months.
If after those 12 weeks you do not have great results I will give you your money back, no questions asked.
As an example of what you can achieve, my client Stacey just got these results:
Measurements: Total loss of 14 inches
Weight: Loss of 2.2kg
Performance: Improvement of 3 min 10 seconds over 5K
Not bad in 12 weeks especially with Christmas threw in.
Check it out:
http://www.nutri-tri.com/individual-nutrition-coaching/
Jamie “fat loss, not weight loss” Leighton