Holistic Health for the Triathlete

Howdy, folks! This show is an interview with Christine Lynch, a Holistic Health Counselor from NYC. Christine teaches us how to listen to our bodies, eat better foods, and what suppliments are worth your money. This show is ESSENTIAL if you want to become healthier, lose weight, have better memory, and just plain enjoy life a whole lot more. I'm going to use some of her tips and do a follow up phone interview with her in a couple of weeks. You can email her at christinelynch.hhc at gmail.com or check out her website at www.LiveAndEatBetter.com

Better yet, go to the thread about this interview on Triscoop.com and follow the conversation as Christine posts recipies and we try to follow her advice. I've tried a few things she's mentioned and they worked!

• I get a little background on her experience.


• Christine interviews me like I'm a client.


• You have two types of food: Primary and Secondary.


• How to shop for groceries better and cook together as a family.


• Tricks to quit a habit. Could be used for coffee or lots of other things.


• Poor memory is often due to dehydration. You should drink more water and less caffeine and steer clear of refined products.


• Which is better for you, beer or wine? Listen and find out!


• A vegetarian diet can still be a junk food diet.


• What suppliments should you take? MSM, chromium, glucosamine and condroitin... Are they worth it?


• The best thing for you that you probably aren't taking is Cod Liver Oil.


• Rainbow Lite is a very good natural vitamin brand.


• Acai Extreme is a good energy drink.


• Creatine isn't really necessary and can actually be harmful if you take too much. It also swells your muscles up with water. Do you want to be lugging all that water while running?


• Dairy can be a huge problem for asthmatics. And so can wheat and sugar.


• Buying healthier food may cost a little more, but you actually save lots of money in the long run.

NekkidCast!

Howdy, Tri-studs and studettes! Emily and I kick off this podcast in the buff but wearing protection before I continue the show by taking you biking for 50 miles and then swimming in 40 degree water at the local lake. Join in and listen to the craziness as we talk about making Nuun-Cranberry-Vodkas, I get chased by a dog, play two really great songs, and nearly freeze my ass off in the coldest water I've ever experienced. Click HERE to listen.
Don't forget about the Trivantage contest and I need questions to ask next week's interviewee!

SHOW NOTES -

• Voicemail from Mangohead in Hawaii.


• NEKKIDCAST! Brett and Emily in bed with our cycling helmets on.


• We just got back from a Xmas party across the street.


• I tried a Vodka Cranberry with Nuun!


• A girl at the party thought I had fake eyes 'cuz they are so damn sexy.


• Emily doesn't believe my dog story.


• Next week's show will be an interview with a holistic guru. She's going to rearrange our minds.


• Do you know the difference between naked and nekkid?


• Emily's going to try to run 10 miles tomorrow.


• Check out The Sword's album.


• "Car Chase" by Big Money Grip on music.podshow.com


• I'm out on the bike, riding 50 miles in the cold.


• Ride just a little too warm to keep your core body temp from dropping the rest of the day.


• Ironman training has begun!


• Learning to use Training Peaks online training software. Coach wants me in zone two right now. 124-137 bpm.


• I'm biking on a 70 mph highway with no shoulder.


• Mike with D3 wants our workout logs public. - Mine's at http://www.trainingpeaks.com/texafornia


• Training Peaks nutrition log kicked my ass. Made me realize I'm eating too much.


• I hit a rock so hard it knocks my hands off the handlebars.


• I've been going to the gym and lifting weights with manly men. More strength = better form.


• Three things will make you faster in triathlon: 1. Aerobars 2. Coaching 3. I can't remember.


• 2XU wetsuit fitting drama. Enter Mooseknuckle.


• A dog chases me at 35 mph.


• James Kim passed away.


• Need more entries for the Multisport Lab testing contest. If you can be in Houston 3 times this spring and you're doing IM Wisconsin, send your funny stories to texafornia at gmail.com with the word "rabbit" somewhere in the email.


• The BMC bikes should be shipped very soon!


• Tim Troha is one cool dude.


• If I have a choice, I want Continental Gatorskins on my new bike.


• Aegis Bikes breaks new ground on Triscoop.com


• Review of Hop Devil Ale made by Victory Beers. It gave me nightmares.


• Christine Lynch will be our next interview. She's a holistic health counselor!


• I shove a Clif Bar down my pie-hole.


• Vultures!


• Zipp has a decent podcast series at http://zipp.com/AboutZipp/Zippgallery/tabid/153/Default.aspx


• I reveal how I got into IM Wisconsin, thrown out, back in, and dealt with miserable customer service.


• Two cool music podcasts - Tartancast and Dave's Lounge.


• "What Time it is" by Fruitcake Superbeing.


• Cav calls from Australia to rag on the entire northern hemisphere.

• I go swimming in 40 degree water to test out my 2XU Elite wetsuit. There's a limit, dudes. Seriously.


• Check out CindyJo's A.D.D. Triathlete Blog!

Trip with the Zipp

Wassup, Rockstars? I lure my beautiful triathlete wife on the show for an interview about how she's training with other women for the 3M Half Marathon in Austin in January. I also go trail running in the park while pushing a baby jogger and biking in the hills around Noonday, TX. I drag along the Gear Bag from Zipp as I travel across Tex-ass to test out it's usefulness, toting along biking, running, and baby-changing gear. It's a true age-grouper gear test! Click HERE to listen and check out the show notes below!

• Going trail running with Kai.


• Got the Gear Bag from Zipp. Reviewing by podcast is cool!


• Letting air out of baby jogger tires for better ride.


• Riding on the Bike around my neighborhood.


• Kids on motorized mini-cars instead of on bikes is the End of Times.


• I should interview Emily more often.


• I burned 1759 calories on the bike.


• Emily calls out Garmin for bad calorie calculations. (Emily is wrong, of course).


• Emily and I go for a run in Tyler, TX.


• Comment on the blog with how many calories a 195 lb. person burns while running or biking.


• I play Emily's "sexy intro" from long ago.


• Emily's running the 3M Half Marathon in Austin and describes her training methods.


• Emily says her training includes pillow fighting and making out with other chicks.


• Mike Ricci of D3 says people should train for their first marathon but then only race a half.


• Emily's pregnant!


• No she's not.


• Jetpack got picked as the next raceAthlete!


• Emily gets all hippy and loves the colors of nature, then give us a new sexy intro.


• I go biking around Noonday, TX


• I go offroading on my QR Kilo.

• Took a picture of a field of scarecrows.


• I've modded my bike with a compact crankset and other junk.


• I get chased by angry dog. He's obviously upset about something.


• There's a horse grazing in somebody's front yard.


• I've been reading a book called "The Golden Age of Zen". It makes a great effort at explaining what Zen is and how it compares to Christianity.


• I demonstrate a Zen moment as I climb a hill.


• What's it like for the woman to keep her last name when she gets married?


• I talk about Zen and Taoism and other things I don't really understand.


• The Zipp gear bag was an awesome bag for traveling with triathlon gear. Very organized.

PowerTap Seminar

Hey guys! I put together a show containing the talk given to us by Dr. Alan Lim about how to train and race with a PowerTap. It's full of great information about how to train better and also some cool insight on working with Floyd Landis and other pro teams. Listen at the end to find out which raceAthlete looks just like Floyd. Click HERE to listen. Don't forget to send me an email (texafornia at gmail.com) with your craziest tri story to win free lactate and VO2 Max testing this spring from the Multisport Laboratory at Trivantage. You need to be going to IM Wisconsin and be able to make it to Houston several times this Spring to win. Put the word "rabbit" in the subject or message so I can put all your emails in a folder. Thanks!

• Riding in Wellborn, TX. on my fixie.


• Great weekend of running and biking.


• Cows! (Also took a picture of some Alpacas)

• Rode a Two-Niner single speed mountain bike.


• Armwarmers rule.


• Made a cold weather clothing chart for running and cycling.


• Listening to Stu's podcast while he was running in the snow.


• "Drafters".


• Lemon-Lime Gatorade + Triberry Nuun = Gatorade champagne!


• I ate half a Nuun tab. Raw.


• Contest rules and more info.


• Dr. Alan Lim starts talk...


• Just using HR monitor is not good measurement of cause-effect relationship. Measure wattage to get the cause.


• Knowing wattage simplifies your training. Tells you how much work you really did.


• A power meter helps you get more aero by telling you that you're going faster speed with less power.


• Can give you accurate measure of how many calories you burned.


• Cold weather makes you burn more calories.


• Using wattage teaches you to be more intuitive about how much you've trained.


• Racing with the PowerTap shows you how you actually raced.


• Q and A.


• How did Dr. Lim get started with this?


• He started his PhD. after already running a bike team and finding a guy that had PT prototype.


• If a PT fails, it's because water might have gotten in the battery. Wireless PTs should have no problems with that. No issues while PowerTapping during the TDF.


• Can you talk more about using wattage and perceived effort?


• P.E. is a very tested method of describing work. Used in hospitals with heart patients.


• Three reasons to use perceived effort and wattage:


• 1. to compare one person to another.


• 2. to measure improvement.


• 3. to have frame of reference for different levels of effort.


• They've decide to not use HR anymore; percieved effort is better.


• "You feel like crap because you're trying to put out 20 more watts than you've been able to do all season!"


• PT can show you that you're a great athlete, you just suck at technique. (You don't race smart.)


• This device can let you test lots of hypotheses.


• You don't go into the gym and not know how much weight you're lifting, so don't you want to know how much wattage you're pushing?


• High PE + low wattage = you are out of gas.


• Training without knowing wattage is like cooking and not knowing what temperature you're using.


• I tell story about bombing in a race because I tried to hit target AVG MPH. That was really dumb because AVG MPH is not a true indicator of effort.


• How to use PT for everyday fitness.


• How many burritos is 1000 kilojoules?


• Wireless units make it easier to switch it from bike to bike.


• CycleOps might work out deal with Garmin.


• The next level - tying wattage to geography.


• How the PT's internals actually work.


• Is there an instrument like this on the run? No.


• Lim gives interesting view of methodology on using the PT during racing. Pro Cycling racing is very different from non-drafting triathlons.


• Using the PT to be as good as Lance: 470 watts for 10 minutes. They new by Tour of Georgia that they were within two minutes to being as good as Armstrong.


• Interesting conversation about different perspectives on training.


• Dr. Lim says he trains his guys by giving them a color code.


• Roman thinks bike computers suck. Lim says you should listen to your body more.


• Use duration, how much work, and average power output.


• Dr. Lim tells a butt joke.


• Floyd looks like who?


• Zen drums.

On the Mic

As promised, here's the graph from my lactate testing done in Boulder, Co. Click on it or HERE to view full size.

Ok, on with the show. I was testing out several different mic setups during a bike ride and decided to record a show along the way. You can listen to it HERE. There is lots of wind noise through most of the show, but it is tolerable and you can still hear me clearly through it. I would never record a normal show riding into the wind like I did, so it actually wasn't that smart of an idea. Endure that, and you will eventually make it to some very clear audio bits and a nice segment about me meditating with a Zen dude towards the end. Show notes are as follows:

• Using different mic modes. Need feedback (comment on blog about best setup, please!)


• I go into stealth mode because I don't feel like racing dogs.


• Cold ride, but not too cold with nice gear.


• Switching from stereo conference mode to stereo dictation mode.


• Waving at farmers.


• It's too windy!


• Silverman Triathlon relay prize is good for the sport. Go Tyler!


• Yelling for echos under a bridge.


• More cyling exposure on TV leads to fewer car-vs.-bike accidents.


• Voicemails from Jetpack and Rambonie at NYC Marathon.


• Armwarmers are tri-geek cool.


• Voicemail from two stoners.


• Pit bull story.


• Cell phone cut off due to non-payment. Hope I don't need it!


• I'm a furry triathlete.


• Voicemail from Brian in New Hampshire about my leg/foot.


• Newsflash! I might die someday! I'd rather know than not know, you know?


• I almost broadside a Toyota FJ Cruiser.


• Contest for free testing at Multisport Labratory at Trivantage.


• Cajuns are crazy. (duh)


• Symptoms of caffeine sensitivity.


• Toenail's about to come off.


• Bikelanes can be used for evil!


• Horses can have microwaves in their butts.


• I've got poison ivy in my "swimsuit area".


• How to steal and use honey.


• I go to a meditation class and learn that hot pregnant chicks and dudes in Zen robes are very distracting.


• Meditation helps with triathlon training.


• Bonus audio.