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Ways To Do Cross Training For TriathlonsPaceline Protocol"Time to Train" Discount Package"Time to Train" Prize DrawingMy favorite pre-race taperingThe Secret Of Recovery?Earn Free MAP

Paceline Protocol

By: Coach Steve Ilg, cpt/uscf/ryt

The essence of group road cycling is riding paceline. For decades I've loved what happens when I am in a Club Ride or in a race and the chosen or evolved Leader of the group (sometimes even myself!) puts his hand up in the air in swirly-q motion which means to all the riders, Okay guys, lets paceline! Pacelining allows cyclists to travel at least 30% faster with less effort while providing a scintillating social experience for new riders and the seasoned cyclists equivalent to aerobic therapy. Also, pacelining is a foundation of racing. Pacelines do have some inherent danger. They require basic cycling skills and communication among the riders. However, a well-working, harmonious paceline is like your body in a positive nitrogen balance courtesy of MAP Amino Acid Pattern...it raises the level of overall efficiency to an otherwise unattainable speed (and fun!). In fact, being involved in a well sync'd paceline is one of the most wonderful things about road cycling - here's how to do it:

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"Time to Train" Discount Package

Calling All Athletes......
BodyHealth Launches Its "Time to Train" Discount Package

BodyHealth has launched a special Time to Train discount package, featuring six bottles of MAP and two bottles of BodyHealth Complete + Detox. For a limited time only, the package will be discounted by a massive 25%, representing a saving of $86.75.

As the training season really kicks in athletes will want to take advantage of this one-time offer which is only available until June 30, 2011. BodyHealth founder and 38-time Ironman Dr. David Minkoff recommends that athletes take 10 MAP once a day for routine training and if you have long or hard days take a second dose of 10, and two BodyHealth Complete + Detox twice a day (see "How I Maximize Performance and health with MAP" article, this issue).

Order your Time to Train package now: usually $433.90now $347.15

Call toll free (877) 804-3258 or go to www.BodyHealth.com

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"Time to Train" Prize Drawing

And as an additional bonus, BodyHealth is running a Time to Train prize drawing, featuring the package plus some great prizes.

Send us a testimonial about your training success using a BodyHealth product, and be entered to win one of two unique training packages.

Each prize package comprises:

• One Timex Ironman watch

• 6 bottles of MAP

• 2 bottles of BodyHealth Complete + Detox

• A LOOK water bottle

• A LOOK pair of socks

• A Timex cap

• A MAP visor

Simply send us a testimonial about how your training and performance has benefitted from your use of a Bodyhealth supplement and your name will be entered into a prize drawing to win one of two training packages.

The opportunity to enter the drawing starts May 1 and runs through June 30, 2011.

The winners will be announced on or around July 8, 2011.

For full details about how to enter, plus the drawing rules, go to www.BodyHealth.com

Prize Drawing Information

My favorite pre-race tapering

by Luis Alvarez

In October 2011 I will be completing 20 years participating in IronMan competitions, with more than 70 venues. As you can realize, I have tested many kinds of tapering. Now I am quite sure that there is NO PERFECT FORMULA OR ANY KIND OF PERFECT TAPERING.

I have tried different theories, such as: slow down almost a whole month, with almost doing nothing (not because I like this, but because of an injury or work reasons), and the truth is that this has proved fine to me. I have also tried the opposite: no tapering, mainly because I have not considered that competition as my priority that year; this has also proved fine to me . I want to share the two times that have proved to be the best for me.

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The Secret Of Recovery?

If you understood this- you would know more about protein biochemistry than nearly every nutritionist around- and you wouldn't waste your money on junk products. First we must define two terms:

1. Absorption - This is the measure of how well the body can get a food from the intestines into the blood stream of the body. This requires that the food be fully digested (broken down into its basic parts) and then the membrane of the small intestine must be healthy enough to bring it in. Many times people are low on stomach acid or pancreatic enzymes and the food is not digested enough to be absorbed or the membrane is not healthy and will not take it in and pass it through. Dietary proteins are complex and require complete digestion down into individual amino acids before they will be absorbed. Sometimes medications, like any drug that blocks stomach acid (Pepsid, Tagamet, Nexium, etc) prevent digestion because they block stomach acid- a vital part in protein digestion.

2. Utilization is the ability of the body to take an absorbed nutrient (see above) and use it to manufacture a structural part of the body. For example, an amino acid, tyrosine, that has come from a chicken breast, is digested and absorbed, and then the body takes that nutrient and utilizes it to manufacture some thyroid hormone out of it, or makes a new layer of skin. So you see, both absorption and utilization must occur for anything to happen. Any nutrient that isn't utilized will become waste. Therefore the issue is both absorption and utilization. Now assuming the body can digest proteins into individual amino acids, and also assuming it can absorb them, then, there is another factor: are these amino acids in the right quantity/ratio, so the body can use them? About 50% of every protein in the body is made up of the eight essential amino acids. Since amino acids are not stored, they either get utilized, i.e. incorporated into body proteins, or converted into fuel + waste.

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Earn Free MAP

We have several programs through which you can earn free MAP.

BodyHealth Winner's Circle - Win your age group in a sanctioned event and win a free bottle of MAP.

Automatic Re-order Program - When you sign up for our Auto Re-order program, every 12th bottle is free. Good with any BodyHealth.com product.

Affiliate Program - Earn commissions when people purchase supplements that you have referred to the BodyHealth.com website.

Ways To Do Cross Training For Triathlons

by Ben Greenfield

Whoo boy. It's early spring and I'm already feeling the need to do something other than swim, bike and run.

It happens about once a week. I head out for a workout and just don't really feel like staring at the bottom of a pool, spending hours in a bike saddle, or pounding the pavement. Especially when I walk by all the guys playing noon ball on my way into the pool.

How about you? Are you feeling like a hamster on a wheel on some days? Maybe stuck in a rut? Yearning after a sport that involves either A) a ball or B) the ability to get involved in shoving matches?

Don't feel bad,- cross training in a different sport is still training. You won't be wasting your time if you decide to pick up some kind of cross training once or twice a week. Sports other than swimming, cycling and running allow your body to move in new directions and experience different fitness stimuli.

Oh yeah ­ cross training can also force you to be social. Just remember to take your mp3 player headphones out of your ears before you try these cross training modes.

Cross Training Sport #1 - Soccer:

Soccer requires quick, explosive efforts, but each effort is followed by active recovery, rather than complete rest. As a result, muscular endurance and the ability to buffer lactic acid can be vastly improved by playing soccer. Although a similar muscular endurance effect can be achieved with cross country or skate skiing, soccer has the advantage of being biomechanically identical to a specific triathlon skill ­ running. Therefore, the muscular endurance can be enhanced with better leg turnover and stride length.

In addition, triathletes are notoriously weak in side-to-side motion, resulting in a higher risk of injury to overtrained front-to-back motion muscles. The frequent changes of direction and lateral movement in soccer can address this weakness.

Compared to triathlon, you'll find some sports to be relatively dirt cheap, and soccer is a perfect example, simply requiring a stable pair of shoes (cleats are optional), and possibly a ball. Check with your local sports and rec department for a soccer league, and if you have difficulty finding a soccer game to join, try an ultimate Frisbee league instead ­ which will give you a similar cross training effect.

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