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Health or Fitness
by Luis Alvarez
Winner at Ironman
Honolulu - World Record Holder -
First and only person to compete at every Ironman venue in the world
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I would like to share with you an experience that makes me to think over about the difference between being healthy and being fit.
It is clear that any one that can finish an Ironman or a triathlon should be fit and have an excellent health, but how many athletes and specially being over 40 are having periodic health evaluations?
When I came back home after finishing Ironman Australia I went to the lab to get a complete blood test done. Most of the results were not a surprise, low immune system, quite common between athletes and sometimes even hemoglobin lower than people that do not work out at all. What really surprised me was that my levels of cholesterol corresponded to a sedentary and fatty guy and instead of a person that does a whole bunch of exercise, that has 11% of body fat and that takes good care of his nutrition, well, I had almost 300 of cholesterol and my blood pressure slightly high!!
Many times we indulge ourselves with treats because we think we “deserve them” due to the amount of exercise we do, you know, fried eggs with bacon for breakfast a whole bunch of butter with our bread, etc… My point is that being fit doesn’t mean being healthy, being able to do an Ironman does not exclude us of having high cholesterol or high blood pressure or having a possible tendency to diabetes as a result of a nutrition with not very occasionally “treats” because we “deserve them”.
Today, with some sacrifice I confess, I am trading my three fried eggs in the morning for my dosage of Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) and it is working, with a bit of Mexican sauce of course!!!
Luis Alvarez has done every IM race venue in the world.
"MAP has helped me so much, not just in competing and qualifying for the Hawaii world Championship, but has helped me to recover to compete in an IRONMAN averaging every 3 weeks and to win this IRONMAN Honolulu." - Luis Alvarez
Articles from Luis:
Nutrition Tips for an Ironman -
The heart rate monitor as a daily tool -
Competions in cold weather -
How to do 10 IRONMAN in a year without injuries -
250 MILES BIKE RIDE IN EXTREME CONDITIONS -
Health or Fitness -
Thanks to MAP I broke my PR 4 years in a row -
Quality or Quantity -
Three Òfamilies" of Injuries -
Mountain Training for Triathlon -
How I have been able to really increase my IRONMAN racing speed - What's my training pulse? The Maffetone Method -
Lesson in Overcoming -
Lesson in Overcoming -
Luis Alvarez does it again! Amazing! -
MAP not only for athletes -
RUNNING WITH THE POSE METHOD -
MAP Team Member Luis Alvarez does it again -
Ironman Pre-Season -
An spectacular New Years Eve
MAP. It is not only for training
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