The 33Fuel Blog

cold weather training tips polar bear
As endurance athletes much of our training is naturally outdoors. This rocks in summer but can be less fun in the hail, rain and slush of winter. But with these surefire tips from the world's best winter performers cold weather training can be transformedThis is a huge bonus and a great free performance upgrade, because [...]
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The Vendee Globe extreme endurance
The words ‘extreme’ and ‘sailing’ generally go together about as well as the words ‘fit’ and ‘pie shop’, but when it comes to the insane test of endurance that is the Vendee Globe, the pairing is extreme enough to make even the hardiest Ironman or mountain ultrarunner beg their mum for a sick noteYes, there [...]
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Shocking - the athletic benefits of earthing
Okay folks, brace yourselves - today we’re going full woo-woo weirdness because this post is all about ‘energy in the earth’, the ‘charge’ in your body and how taking your shoes and socks off is going to save the world. Assuming you haven’t already thrown your phone out of the window in disgust having concluded [...]
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Diet and mental health - the food mood connection
Neuroscience may be in its infancy, but an increasing body of research suggests a link between diet and mental health. Plus there’s our own experience… I was going to start this blog with something along the lines of, ‘To celebrate Mental Health Awareness week…’ But then caught myself. Do we really ‘celebrate’ such events? It seems [...]
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Why new year's resolutions are rubbish
New year's resolutions seem like such a good idea, except most are in the bin by February which is why they're best avoidedThis isn't to say you shouldn't be looking to make this year even more kick-ass than last year, or that you shouldn't be setting goals and making plans to raise your life, sports [...]
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