Nutrition – A-Team Coaching

Should Endurance Athletes Go Low-Carb or Carb-Centred?

by A-Team CoachingNutrition October 23, 2025October 23, 2025No Comments

The debate over the best diet for runners rages on: should endurance athletes embrace low-carb, high-fat strategies to become “fat-adapted” or stick to tried-and-tested carbohydrate-centred diets to fuel training and racing? The Case for Low-Carb Low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diets aim to shift the body’s reliance from glycogen to fat as a primary fuel. Proponents argue that fat …

Stop Dieting. Start Fuelling!

by A-Team CoachingNutrition July 23, 2025July 31, 2025Comments are Disabled

The truth about nutrition for athletes Cutting out any major food group? Think again. In today’s world of extreme trends and fad diets, it’s become popular—even fashionable—to restrict carbs, eliminate fats, or cut out entire food groups in the name of “health” or “weight loss.” But for athletes, this kind of thinking can be dangerous. …

Podcast: Two Oceans Round-Up & Major Races in April

by A-Team CoachingComrades, Marathon, Nutrition, Podcast, Training April 18, 2025July 31, 2025Comments are Disabled

In this episode we discuss the Two Oceans top finishers. Irvette van Zyl tells us what happened in her Two Oceans run and Stuart Mann shares his view on some of the issues experienced by participants in this year’s race. We touch on last week’s Paris and Rotterdam marathon ahead of upcoming Boston and London marathons.