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Welcome,
In pampy's post; september22.
🍎 Why your hydration status matters, & how to test it!
🍎 The ultimate anti-aging dietary inclusion,
🍎 The best grease'n'oil back retune exercise,
🍎 Have you considered mountain biking? Here's some starting tips,
🍎 Australian exercise participation stats! Yikes!
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YOUR HYDRATION STATUS MATTERS!
I am 21kms into the Hawaiian Ironman marathon (42km) leg.
I swam 4km and rode 180km earlier in the day.
It is hot, damn hot.
My training numbers suggest I should finish this event strongly.
However, my muscles don’t want to work any further. Well, they work if relentless cramping is work. My brain is fried courtesy of headaches, and I am no longer friendly to the people handing me drinks of cold water.
I finish, poorly.
After three more attempts, the light bulb goes off.
My failures are not related to fitness, nutrition (perse), equipment or talent.
Regardless of my water consumption, I am dehydrated – deluxe.
On my fourth crack, I practised combining H20 with Sodium (Na+), Potassium (K), Magnesium (Mg) and Calcium (Ca).
The combination matters & boosts my cellular hydration (of working muscles). Water, alone, offered gastric bloating and little cellular re-hydration.
While training (preparing) far less and loaded with a few aging injuries, I killed the race. Thank you to optimum hydration & the right water/mineral balance.
I now test my hydration status with a urine refractometer (it takes me 90 seconds to asses your hydration status) – CLICK HERE
I know if a test <1.005 I am too high in water and too low in minerals. My optimum saline (mineral) balance is too diluted.
If I test 1.021>, I am too high in minerals and too low in water. I drink, water & 'just a dash' of minerals.
Dietary adjustments see me optimally hydrated @ 1.009-1.013.
I benefit from adding NUUN (CLICK HERE) mineral supplements to water.
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The perfect de-aging dietary inclusion.
I am now closer to 100 than I am a duck.
Outside continued regular exercise and a typically clean diet, the most notable boost in my game against aging has been the inclusion of MCT oil.
Aging – higher risk of the big four premature ill-health factors: CV disease, Cancer, Cognitive decline & Diabetes.
MCT Oil – medium chain triglyceride extract from coconut oil and linked with lower inflammation and boosting healthy ketosis, the utilisation of stored body fat for energy.
I find an improvement in my enduring cognitive focus and a boost in my exercising aerobic threshold. Meaning, that I can push harder before that limiting sting kicks in.
Undoubtedly, it stabilises elevated blood glucose, and my blood lipid ratios (including cholesterol) now hold an excellent balance.
Dose: 1/3 tsp in my morning coffee. There are zero flavours or smells to this concentrated version.
I strongly recommend against a higher dose. Beware gastric instability.
I favour the Melrose Kick Start from Woolies - CLICK HERE.
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What’s all this Mountain biking about?
In 2018 after amassing a kzillion miles of road riding, a close friend convinced me I should try mountain bike riding.
He pushed the zero car thing, endless variety, and child-like fun.
I bought his bike, and away I went.
Given I am armed with a well-developed engine and the remains of an aging athletic ego, I pushed the envelope. I mean, surely I will murder this newfound discipline.
Six significant bloody crashes later, dropping over 2K on bike repairs, I now know patience is needed with my talent catching up to my engine.
2022 – I now feel confident on most tracks at pace and remaining upright.
I love it.
So you want in?
Your starting needs: Enduro Mountain Bike with 130cm+ travel (suspension) front & back. 2.4 all-mountain tyres, dropper seat post, quality brakes (sram or shimano), regular pedals (avoid clip-ins), comfy riding pants and a quality lid.
Jump on bikeexchange.com, ebay, marketplace, and gumtree for literally hundreds of ripper second deals.
With time on this safe starting set-up and interest in XC racing, slowly drift towards a more temperamental speed XC machine.
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Australian Exercise Participation Data – Yikes!
I plug exercise for a living, so I am interested in my influence relative to the Australian population.
Exercise: 3+/7 scheduled sessions, 30+ minutes of rhythmic and continuous activity (including sport), including body strengthening movements like weights, pilates, yoga, etc.
Data percentage of the population.
Age Bracket Male Female 15 – 29 yrs 44% 34% 30 – 35 yrs 33% 34% 36 – 50 yrs 22% 21% 51 – 75 yrs 17% 19% 76+ yrs 15% 14% Hmmmmm……….