March 16, 2011 •
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by Ben Greenfield
As an indoor cycling instructor, you’re going to find a large percentage of your students dabble in triathlon, or engage in it as a serious sport. Either way, you don’t want to be embarrassed by using the wrong triathlon-related words or terms in your class when talking to them about triathlon (including the ever-popular pronunciation… 
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March 2, 2011 •
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by John
As an indoor cycling instructor, you’re going to find a large percentage of your students dabble in triathlon, or engage in it as a serious sport. Either way, you don’t want to be embarrassed by using the wrong triathlon-related words or terms in your class when talking to them about triathlon (including the ever-popular pronunciation… 
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February 13, 2011 •
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by Ben Greenfield
As an indoor cycling instructor, you’re going to find a large percentage of your students dabble in triathlon, or engage in it as a serious sport. Either way, you don’t want to be embarrassed by using the wrong triathlon-related words or terms in your class when talking to them about triathlon (including the ever-popular pronunciation… 
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May 7, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
It doesn’t matter how much you exercise, how well you eat, or how strictly you control your caloric intake – your body is constantly stressed or your sleep is inadequate, you will constantly fail in pursuing your health, wellness, or performance goals. But if these barriers are removed, you will vastly improve your ability to… 
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April 26, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
For your class to truly reap the full benefits of any workout, they must fuel and re-fuel properly – and a full understanding of pre and post-workout nutrition is one of the best gifts you can give your indoor cycling students! It is important to understand that if the body’s carbohydrate stores are depleted, then… 
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April 8, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
So if your indoor cycling students eat your fruits and vegetables, expose yourself to adequate sunlight, get plenty of sleep, and stay well hydrated, their body shouldn’t really need a supplemental source of vitamins and minerals, right? Wrong. Here are 5 powerful reasons that you explain to your students about why they need to take… 
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March 29, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
When if comes to fiber, the benefits are numerous, but the simple fact is that most of the people in your class are probably not getting enough of it, although they will most likely think that they are getting enough. Nine time out of ten, I’ll perform a nutritional analysis on an individual who tells… 
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March 22, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
In the last article of this series, you learned about the importance of water. But ultimately, it doesn’t matter how much water your students are drinking if they are not consuming adequate electrolytes. When you consider the fact that over 75% of athletes are deficient in magnesium, – an electrolyte that is crucial for muscular… 
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March 5, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
Consider the following facts: * Your speed on a bike decreases about 2% for each 1% of body weight lost through dehydration * By the time you feel thirsty, you can already be at 2% body weight loss * A 3% weight loss indicates dehydration has occurred * Loss of fluid during exercise varies, but… 
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February 24, 2010 •
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by Ben Greenfield
As you read through this series, remember that the goal is to give you basics of a simple way to teach your indoor cycling class about nutrition – and it is not meant to be a complete primer or university equivalent of Nutrition 101! This means that you can feel free to put your own… 
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