Hello there,

Today I wanted to share with you some infor­ma­tion about sport nutri­tion from an indi­vid­ual who def­i­nitely knows a thing or two about the ben­e­fits of fuel­ing your body prop­erly. His name is Bren­dan Bra­zier and he is a for­mer pro­fes­sional Iron­man triath­lete and two-​time Cana­dian 50km Ultra Marathon Cham­pion. He is now a suc­cess­ful per­for­mance nutri­tion con­sul­tant and for­mu­la­tor of the award-​winning line of plant-​based Vega nutri­tional products.

Although I don’t pre­scribe to a vegan diet, I do rec­og­nize and sup­port the impor­tance of includ­ing a large por­tion of plant based foods into my daily diet. His web­site is a fan­tas­tic resource for train­ing and nutri­tion, not only for endurance ath­letes but for any­one inter­ested in fit­ness and health. This link below pro­vides an excel­lent overview of the com­plex world of proper sports nutri­tion, which I still find, is the most dif­fi­cult piece of the train­ing puzzle.

http://​thrive​for​ward​.com/​l​e​s​s​o​n​/​i​n​t​r​o​-​t​o​-​t​h​e​-​g​u​i​d​i​n​g​-​p​r​i​n​c​i​p​l​e​s​-​o​f​-​s​p​o​r​t​-​n​u​t​r​i​t​i​o​n​/​#​.​U​y​t​B​R​S​i​5​J​U​Q

His recipes are also really good, even if you’re not a strict vegan. I espe­cially like his energy bar recipes which are easy to pre­pare and made with whole­some, good qual­ity car­bo­hy­drates. These two in par­tic­u­lar, are really good and they freeze well too!

Happy training!

http://​thrive​for​ward​.com/​r​e​c​i​p​e​-​c​e​n​t​e​r​/​m​a​n​g​o​-​c​o​c​o​n​u​t​-​e​n​e​r​g​y​-​b​a​r​s​/​#​.​U​y​s​0​m​i​i​5​J​U​Q

http://​thrive​for​ward​.com/​r​e​c​i​p​e​-​c​e​n​t​e​r​/​o​n​-​t​h​e​-​g​o​-​c​o​c​o​n​u​t​-​b​a​r​s​/​#​.​U​y​s​1​b​C​i​5​J​U​Q