How familiar are you with HORMONES? Do you think that they are just something that make adolescents and women wacky? They don’t matter to you cause you are male, or young, or middle aged or….???? Guess what? If you are human, you are directly affected by hormones! Most of us don’t know much about hormones …
Woolston, Warden, Jarvis, Qualify for 70.3 Worlds at Boise
Boise, Idaho – June 11, 2011 – Spencer Woolston and Sarah Jarvis took first place in their respective age groups, and David Warden made the final automatic qualifying slot in his division as Team PowerTri took home 3 coveted slots at Ironman 70.3 Boise to the 2011 World Championships in Las Vegas. With an official …
Consequences of Ironman Pacing
I’m surprised at how often athletes with such great talent fail to pace themselves properly in a race. The argument for pacing during a Sprint is debatable, but for Olympic, 70.3 and Ironman events, the consequence of going anaerobic too early is significant and measurable. Let me share with you an example of poor pacing …
Team PowerTri Takes Home 3 of 6 Podium Spots at Salem Sprint
Salem, Utah – June 4, 2011 – Heath Thurston and David Warden finished 1 and 2 overall, and Sarah Jarvis captured the women’s podium capping another dominant performance from Team PowerTri at the state’s second-largest Sprint triathlon. Thurston lead end-to-end with the fastest swim and bike performance of the day. The local Pro was the …
Stress Sucks!
Ever feel like you are doing all the things that you should be doing to lose weight, stay strong, recover effectively and reach your goals….but, you just aren’t making any progress?? YEP! Ever considered that maybe STRESS could be tripping you up on your determined road to awesomeness?? After years of training all kinds of …
PowerTri Team of Bowcut, Warden, Lerdahl Sweep Podium at St. George Triathlon
St. George, Utah – May 21, 2011 – Team PowerTri took the top 3 spots at the 2011 St. George Sprint-distance Triathlon as Alex Bowcut led end-to-end and held off PowerTri owner David Warden by less than a second in a dramatic finish at the state’s largest Sprint triathlon. Warden, the 2010 St. George Champion, …
Thoughts on Final 3 Weeks Before a 70.3
By coincidence, I have 9 of my clients racing a half Ironman the week-ends of June 4-5 and June 11-12 (Switzerland, Mooseman, and Kansas). With so many racing a 70.3 in such a short period, I sent the following to all my clients racing those 2 week-ends, with thoughts on what to consider over the …
Ironman St George recap
We had several of our Powertri family race the 2nd annual Ford Ironman St George this past Saturday, and some fabulous performances on a challenging course and a very hot day (temps reached mid 90′s). Spencer Woolston put a fantastic race together coming in 18th overall, 5th amateur, and winning his age group, all while …
Heath Thurston’s Ironman St George report
Written by Heath Thurston Well this was the 7th Ironman that I have done. And luckily now I am on the better side of finishes to DNF’s. All though I hate to not finish a race each one of them have taught me how to be able to finish the next one better. I just …
Going Green…
*GREEN PROTEIN SMOOTHIE INFORMATION:* If there is one thing that you should change about your current eating/post workout recovery habits, it would be the addition of green protein smoothies. A smoothie accomplishes many objectives at the same time. First and foremost it gives your body excellent building/recovery materials. Most people need to eat more raw …