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Peak Performance Workshops
Don't miss out on these workshops with Beth Mansfield, a Registered Dietitian, Sport Nutrition & Exercise Specialist, and entertaining speaker!
Energy Balance and Body Composition Workshop
Are you...
- Interested in losing body fat but donąt want to compromise your bone mass, muscle mass or your training?
- Constantly watching everything that you eat so that you donąt put on weight?
- Often cranky and irritable?
- Suffering from consistently inconsistent performance?
- Have days when your motivation for physical activity is down in the dumps?
- Chronically fatigued and your endurance performance is deteriorating?
Then you need to join in on the Energy Balance Workshop and Get ON Track with a Body Composition and Resting Metabolic Rate Assessment.
All it takes is getting dropped by the pack when the pace picks up or when the hill is bigger than you thought and it's easy to start thinking that "if I lost a couple of lbs I would be able to keep up the pace and stay with the pack". On top of that, every extra few lbs a runner carries is worth 100's of lbs of shock and concussion on the knee joint when a foot is slapped down on the pavement while running. Small wonder that there is an avid interest amongst endurance athletes to decrease body weight.
Unfortunately, some athletes try to change their body weight to unrealistic levels via poor nutritional strategies including:
- Eliminating food groups (breads/cereals, animal products);
- Drastically cutting nutrients (carbohydrates or fats); or
- Caloric restriction to barely above what is needed to support a sedentary lifestyle.
The end result is an endurance athlete that suffers from chronic fatigue, poor endurance performance, and a lack of high-end speed, reduced motivation, staleness or a loss of interest in the sport, irritability, and crankiness with friends, family and training partners, increased risk of injury and compromised immune function. Metabolically we see an athlete who may have compromised their metabolic rate and inadvertently lost muscle mass and gained some extra body fat. Overall, their body weight may be lower but they are in fact carrying more body fat and less muscle and bone mass. The end result: consistently inconsistent performance.
Get ON Track with a Body Composition and Resting Metabolic Rate Assessment To effectively manage your weight and body composition it is important to know your daily caloric requirements. A body composition test in conjunction with a RMR analysis measures your personal caloric requirements. This will help you to determine the amount and types of foods that you need to eat to meet your health and body composition goals.
The body composition test is done with the latest in multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis using the InBody 520 Direct Segmental Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer. The InBody 520 impedance analyzer divides the body into 5 segments 4 limbs and a trunk and measures the impedance of each segment at multiple frequencies (5, 50 and 500 kHz). The InBody 520 has a high level of accuracy because of the combination of varying frequencies and segmental analysis. The extreme accuracy of this analysis makes it possible for the InBody520 to monitor the slightest compositional changes during the process of medical treatment, rehabilitation, weight loss/gain and exercise programs. Find out more about the InBody 520.
Note that if you have a pacemaker, if you are taking a diuretic or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you cannot do this test.
Cost is $45/person. This includes the individual body composition/ resting metabolic rate test and a hands on workshop to help you develop a weight loss plan of action. For more information or to register email or call (613) 738-2384 OR beth@peakperformance.ca
Upcoming workshops Sat April 26th, Sat May 24th and Sat June 28th: 9 am - 12:30 pm
PowerFuelTM Sport Nutrition Workshop
Are you unsure of which foods to eat before, during, and after training?
Are you wondering when is the best time to eat for maximum benefit?
Perhaps you are chronically fatigued by the end of each week and your endurance performance is deteriorating?
You may be struggling with low iron status and not sure of how to optimize your diet for the most bioavailable sources of iron.
Perhaps you just want to know about the best food choices on the market for your health and performance.
Your body is more than just a human machine it thinks, breathes, moves, eats and drinks! And there are better foods and fluids to keep your body working at its best. Carbohydrate rich foods and fluids are important but which foods and fluids are the best choices? And when is the best time to eat and drink them? Should you eat during training or just wait until after? Well look no further! This œ day workshop is full of updated information to help you select the best foods and fluids so that you can train longer, recover more quickly, avoid injuries, and achieve your sport performance goals. Female athlete, sports dietitian and exercise physiologist Elizabeth (Beth) Mansfield will provide you with a proven fueling program that addresses the unique needs of physically active men and women. Cost: $30/person registration required. Email me at beth@peakperformance.ca
Upcoming workshop dates: Sat April 26th, May 24th, June 28th 1-4 pm
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