Friday, September 25, 2009

What is Adventure Racing

Adventure racing is a popular sport which developed in France and America and has since spread around the world.

There are a number of different formats for both teams and individuals and the main rule is no motor powered sports are included. A race comprises of a number of stages and each stage is a different sport, so you might start the race in a kayak and then change at a transition point to running and perhaps end with inline skating. adventure racing is similar to triathlon or Iron man competitions, but usually longer and harder.

Beginners usually start with sprint races which last a few hours and may include sports such as running, kayaking, mountain biking, inline skating,swimming. In a team race all the team usually take part at the same time and must stay together, incomplete teams at the finish are disqualified. Teams are given a number of check points which they have to pass through so you do need to have some navigation skills.

Some races take place over a weekend, which means racing in the dark and these might include additional tasks such as orienteering, abseiling. climbing.

The ultimate adventure races are expedition type races lasting 5-10 days or more for teams of 4 people one of whom has to be female, sometimes with support crew to move equipment from place to place and sometimes unsupported. The multiple legs will often include additional sports such as horse riding, white-water rafting caving, sailing and other sports. The races are often non stop in that teams will decide themselves when to rest.

Expedition racing is expensive and needs a lot of planning especially if they require travelling to another country.

If you want to learn more about adventure racing you can check out my site at http://internationaladventurers.com.

David Ogden

Friday, August 21, 2009

How Ice Cream in your Diet Will Help You Lose Weight

Today I thought I'd take a moment to explain the importance of protein and its role in fat loss.

It's very important to balance ALL meals and snacks with carb-rich and protein-rich foods together. A meal with carbohydrates alone is problematic because glucose levels shoot up and then crash down. This can leave you feeling tired, hungry, and weak - and gives your body an easy opportunity to convert that meal to fat.

When protein is included, however, you will not only stay full longer, but glucose levels will stay more consistent, your metabolism will work more efficiently, and you will feel energized for a longer period.

Carbs are digested in about two hours, but proteins take longer to digest. So,when the two are eaten together, protein slows down the digestion of the carbohydrates, and energy from carbs are released more slowly.

In addition, eating carbohydrates with protein means the carbohydrates will be used as energy, sparing the protein for use building and repairing muscle tissues, their primary function.

So, for maximum fat loss, make sure that you include a complete protein source at each snack and meal. All of these reasons above are exactly why you should consider the Protein Freeze product.

There are a lot of healthy carbs, such as oatmeal and fruit. But if eaten alone, you'll run into the same problems explained above. Protein Freeze not only offers 22 grams of very high quality protein, it has just 2 grams of fat and sugar! ... and it tastes absolutely amazing and goes so well oatmeal, fruit, and a variety of other healthy carbs.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Reasons People Give up diets and Exercise

Many people in the USA are overweight and some more  so than others. Most people know that being overweight is bad for their health. so what are the main reasons that cause their weight loss plans to fail.

There are so many diets around that there should be something that suits anyone, however the truth is it takes discipline to diet and if counting calories and measuring portions is not your cup of tea you are not going to succeed.

Exercise is a time consuming activity especially if you take into account the time to travel to a gym or health club and the costs can quickly add up. Once again discipline comes into play.

To  successfully lose weight you need to set up an an easy routine both for what you eat and when you will exercise, your diet could become quite boring but you need to ensure that you eat less calories that your body metabolism can burn in a day.

To helps with your weight loss routine it can be useful to  have support of friends or acquaintances, this is why clubs such as weight watchers are successful due to peer pressure

People also look for incentives to help them reach their goal, perhaps the promise of a special holiday or gift from a spouse is a good enough incentive

Look out for more weight Loss tips in my next post

David Ogden
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