Posts Tagged ‘Riaan Bornman’

Supplements – Why use Supplements as Part of your Training?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

During the last few years, a lot of new science has shown that supplementation can help your training. Even though there is still a lot of conflicting studies the fact remains that anyone who trains at the right intensity for hypertrophy (muscle size) will need to use supplements to complete their dietary cycle when they are trying to put on size. The reason for this is purely that we do not have enough time in between managing a job, a lifestyle, a relationship and general living to cook and eat all the nutrients we need for an intense training regime. (read more...)

David Tells Us About His Better Body Challenge Experience

Friday, June 26th, 2009

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Duathlon Completed – 54’24″

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

I completed my Duathlon on Wednesday in a time of 54 mins 24 seconds. My split times were as follows: (read more...)

Looking forward to Duathlon

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Hi again. Not a huge amount to report today since my last post. The soreness has gone from my injury on Wednesday to my lower leg but I am not getting lulled into a false sense of security!! I haven’t run since the injury and I think its probably best to not run again until the actual event on Wednesday. Instead I have been cycling to try and improve my time. Thursday I went for a 30km cycle and pushed as hard as I could while keeping my nutrition spot on all day. Actually my nutrition has been perfect since last Saturday apart from the slip on Monday!! (read more...)

59′ 02″ – Trial Run

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Completed a trial run for the duathlon over the correct distances today (2.7km run, 13km cycle, 2.7km run) and it went fairly well. I completed it in a time of 59 mins 2 seconds. At first I was disgusted at how bad the time was but when I sat down and worked it out, it wasn’t all that bad. I encountered a few obstacles that hopefully will not effect the actual race next Wednesday. For example: (read more...)