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TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT NEWS - JANUARY 2009

AUSSIE SEASON PART TWO

The second part of the season downunder is just about to kick off. While the northern hemisphere is being blasted by some of the coldest temperatures on record the Aussie summer is as usual simmering away with the business end of the seaosn just around the corner. The qualifying events of the national Challenge Series are just about to start after the festive season with many athletes looking to put their best foot forward to cement a spot in the team to represent thier country at the Triathlon World Championships on the Gold Coast. Of course there are plenty of other events that are being targeted with the normal state series events and the longer distances taking their regular places on the race calendar - so something for everyone.

Train smart to race well
Nick Croft
nick@multisportconsultants.com

NEW MSC WEBSITE FOR 2009

IMPORTANCE OF WARM UP AND WARM DOWN - FOR TRAINING AND RACING

A lot of people think that warming up means stretching. This isn’t true. A warm up provides many important benefits, most of which stretching can't give. Stretching sometimes does more harm than good.

Warming up is the first step of exercise. It’s the slow shifting of blood into the muscles that are doing the work. The key word is slow. The blood needs time to shift to the working muscles, as much of this transferred blood gets redirected from other important areas of the body such as the nervous system, adrenal glands and intestines. If done too fast the body can become stressed due to the blood moving from these important organs at too faster rate. When the warm up is done slowly, the organs and glands can properly compensate for this normal activity.

Warming up provides 3 important benefits:

It increases the blood flow into the muscles, bringing oxygen and nutrients, and removing waste products.
It increases the fats in the blood that are used for muscle energy.
It increases flexibility in all the joints.

The warm up can be any easy, low heart rate activity. The aim is to raise your heart rate gradually to it’s aerobic maximum only after 15 minutes.

Some warm up examples:

1. Beginner
Swim – 10min easy using different strokes. A good time to work on stroke drills.
Bike – 10 min spinning easily in a small gear.
Run – 10 min beginning with a fast walk and easing into an easy slow jog.

2. Competitive Athlete
Swim – 800m different strokes, stroke drills.
Bike - 10-15min, up to 80% effort. 25-30min for really hard intervals or time trials
Run – 15-20min building to aerobic max followed by some light stretching for hard intervals or time trials.

The last 15min of your work out are also important. You need to slowly re-establish nearly normal circulation without ‘pooling’ the blood in the muscles. Before the 24hr recovery process can commence, circulation of blood in the organs must also return to a normal state to gain the benefits from your exercise.

For further information on core strength / training articles visit www.multisportconsultants.com/core-fitness.php

UP-COMING EVENTS

Kurnell Series Sydney - January 18
Heidi Moore, Paul Argall, Mark preston

Australian National Series Race Two (Olympic and Sprint distance) - Canbera ACT January 25
Paul Argall, Heidi Moore, Harry Burnett

Noosa Triathlon Club race, Sprint - January 25

National Series Race Three Redcliffe QLD - February 1
Brian Hannon, Angelika Hannon, David Coulter, Jess Fleming, Neil MacPhee, Bree Morris, Annie Jennings, Alison Caiafa, Byron Carter, Brad McMahon, Justin Hunter, Leonie Cook

Goondiwindi Hell of the West - February 1
Ashley Milroy

INFINIT NUTRITION LINKS WITH MSC

Multisport Consultants has recently endorsed Infinit Nutrition as it's official energy / recovery formula. Some very brief info below about the products but logging in to www.infinit.com.au will allow you to find out more about this unique range of nutrition. I personally have been trialling various formula's over the last 4 months and belive me, with my history of intestinal problems (total colectomy 1999 due to ulcerative colitis) my search for the the ideal race / recovery fuel has been long. The company's website will answer many questions you may have but I can organise to send anyone more specific reading material if requested. There is a link to infinit from the MSC homepage and all it takes to get started is taking some time (about 3 minutes) to fill in a quick questionaire and go from there to formulate your own custom drink mix for racing or recovery, short course, long course triathlon or road or MTB cycling, adventure racing or whatever you needs may be. There are also a range of pre mixed formula's availble to choose from so you may find smething you like from this range without having to customize one for yourself. A discount code can be offered by contacting myself nick@multisportconsultants.com and as an introductory offer - free shipping to athletes not in the Noosa region. Mark allen has been using infinit for his coaching company for the past year as has American triathlon and cycling coach and author Joe Friel. A recent development has seen the professional bike team Garmin Chipotle linking with infinit to have them as thier energy drink sponsor for the 2009 season. The Tour Down under starts this month and the Garmin team will be fuelled by Infinit.

From infinit Australia

At INFINIT Nutrition, our commitment is to develop products that help our customers perform and feel better through customized nutrition solutions. We dedicate ourselves to customized product development for clients resulting in unparalleled professional partnerships.

We provide unsurpassed customer service and product quality.

We solve our customers unique nutritional needs with customized solutions that taste great and help them perform better.

INFINIT nutrition comes alive in February 2008. This has been 18 months in the making so we are extremely pleased to be delivery this exciting new brand and the enhancements that we can make to your performance.

All INFINIT products are packaged in resealable bags providing a better environmental solutions using less fossil fuels. Incline is looking through our business to eleviate unnecessary waste to reduce our landfill along with supporting a better environment for our children.
WE ARE NOW IN FULL PRODUCTION

All infinit products are Corn based ingredients, with the exception of sugar all our ingredients are the same as our US head office. Proven and tested in the field for performance - be assured you are getting the best.

Some may compare the price of a 25 serve against market competitors based on just a service size. This is incorrect, each blend is different in actual scoop volume and size, with increased variations in your personal made to order formula's. So comparing just on a serve basis is not accurate and only a volume based measurement on your order is the correct method. Our pricing has been based on a flat rate to benefit all across the line of standard blends and 'made to order - customised formula'. We have different coloured scoops to deliver all the different variations of formula - there is more to what we offer than just a price comparison. So please look into your needs, your race needs and delivery requirements to proper fuel your body for the outcome that you not only train for but desire - then what is that worth. Think for 1 minute, if i continue to develop a blend over a period of time and continue to enhance this formula - the end result should be YOUR blend that is for YOU. Now work out how much you have spent over the past period to get the same result, swap products and continue to swap products looking for the right blend instead of formulating your needs and continuing to work with your formula/s to get that answer... well now the solution is here.

Great ingredients / Best formula - YOURS / made to order / Customised solutions with support... everything to gain.

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