{"id":880,"date":"2024-06-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2024-06-10T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T00:59:29","slug":"developing-a-healthy-and-nutritious-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/developing-a-healthy-and-nutritious-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a healthy and nutritious lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To have a healthy mountain biking career you must keep a good diet. Many people tend to look at dieting as a negative thing with lots of greens and gross low calorie dishes, but it\u2019s far from that. Learning how to maintain three meals a day, and keeping your proteins and carbs in-check are very important to being a high endurance mountain biker.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over that past couple of weeks, I have been taking different supplements for low iron (Anemia), because I have recently found out I have it. These supplements have improved my energy levels and how I feel on a daily basis. Also, I have been meal prepping, which is a very easy way to develop a healthy lifestyle. Building muscle for a race like Iceman can come with its setbacks, but it is very important that as a biker you realize that eating fast foods and random stuff doesn\u2019t cut it. Having red meat and protein daily is very important to performing well in bike racing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On May 15, I started tracking my energy levels while biking and I have done this to see if my biking and speed has gotten any better. I started to take daily supplements and eat three meals a day. I also noticed that while doing this my energy levels and ability to fall asleep is way easier than before. The first week of taking care of my diet and health I noticed that I was able to climb and sprint way faster than before. The second week I noticed that I was growing muscle and able to recover faster. The third week I felt amazing like I could crush any course or trail I went out on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking care of your body and diet is a main factor to mountain biking, or any hard endurance sport. Fueling your body on and off the bike is #1!! To help fuel on the bike during the month of May I used lots of Skratch Hydration and High Carb in my water for long and hard rides. I also used the Skratch energy chews for a light and quick snack for a fast moving ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the month of May I have learned a lot with my rides so far. I have learned how to eat right, follow directions, and follow the biking laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That day we had all learned to never not have a helmet on while biking, and to always to follow the rules of the trails so that nobody gets injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I can\u2019t believe it is already June though, I am going to use all of June to prepare for summer races and ICEMAN!! A healthy diet and a healthy mind will help me be able to elevate my riding skills a ton. Hopefully I can see y’all out on the trails soon!!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you to our 2024 Junior Iceman Ambassador Piper Shumar @pipershumar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To have a healthy mountain biking career you must keep a good diet. Many people tend to look at dieting as a negative thing with lots of greens and gross low calorie dishes, but it\u2019s far from that. Learning how to maintain three meals a day, and keeping your proteins and carbs in-check are very … Continue reading “Developing a healthy and nutritious lifestyle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[69,165,72,139,179,141],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training","tag-iceman","tag-iceman-cometh-challenge","tag-kalkaska","tag-training","tag-training-tips","tag-traverse-city"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}