"Appropriate and well-balanced training is wasted without sound nutritional support"

As somebody who is training for triathlon, my first shall I say, and having just come back from an incredible Herbalife’s UK’s biggest annual training event, Spring Spectacular in Manchester, where I have been trained by Dr Ralph Rodgers, amongst many, I was delighted to read an article in The Independent from last year about Dr. Ralph Rodgers and his advice on training for triathlon.

Nutritional advice comes from Dr Ralph Rogers, the UK representative of Herbalife’s global nutrition advisory board. He is a black belt in jujitsu and a research fellow at the School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure at the University of Wolverhampton. He was also medical advisor to the Trinidad & Tobago World Cup 2006 football team.

“Diet significantly affects sport and exercise performance,” he says. “Appropriate and well-balanced training is wasted without sound nutritional support. Triathlon requires a well- thought-out nutritional and training programme.”

Triathlon has become the fastest-growing sport in Britain. But if you want to compete at top level, you’ll need to apply as much brain as brawn. Peter Conchie reports on an academy for gifted amateurs that is turning its pupils into world-beaters… read the full story here.
As announced at this weekend’s Spring Spectacular in Manchester, Dr. Ralph Rogers – our very own Nutrition Advisory Board member – will be cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise funds for the Casa Herbalife UK Project The Hackney Young Carers Healthy Eating Programme. Read the full story here.

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