Archive for November, 2008
TrainingPeaks member profile: Bruce Humphries, cyclist
28 November 2008After first starting out as a Category 5 road racer in 2000, Bruce Humphries has now reached the elite level of cycling, working not only with a coach on TrainingPeaks but also with nutritionist Rick Kattouf, to see “just how lean” he can get. “I started racing bikes in 2000 for a short stint. [...]
TrainingPeaks Gift Certificates: Give the Gift of Health!
27 November 2008Holiday gift plus New Year’s resolution. All in a couple of clicks.
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The Art of Counting Calories: Matt Fitzgerald on Nutrition and Weight Loss
26 November 2008Counting calories makes sense. A calorie (technically a kilocalorie) is a unit of energy. Specifically, it is energy stored in the bonds of the nutrient molecules we consume in food. To oversimplify a bit, when calories remain stored in molecular bonds, those molecules become part of our bodies (for example, body fat). When our [...]
TrainingPeaks partners with Juice Plus+® to offer total fitness and nutritional solution
25 November 2008 Last month in Memphis, Tennessee, Peaksware’s CEO Donavon Guyot presented the new 3.0 Beta version of TrainingPeaks as a solution to power the Juice Plus+®
Fitness Challenge, bringing together nutrition and fitness into one streamlined package. Certified trainers affiliated with Juice Plus+® will now be able to manage their clients online, sending training and nutrition [...]
Congratulations Ironman Arizona Competitors Chris Lieto, Justin Daerr, and Keith Watson!
24 November 2008Congratulations to all Ironman Arizona competitors who raced in Tempe on Sunday! There were no doubt many TrainingPeaks users out there, but a few in particular shared their stories with us. TrainingPeaks members Chris Lieto, Justin Daerr and Keith Watson all completed the race, with professional triathletes Lieto and Daerr finishing second and eleventh [...]
