Whenever I get a chance to visit the left coast, I always make sure to get together with my good friends the Cosgroves, Alwyn and Rachel.
I had he good fortune to interview Rachel last week and got a chance to talk about their fat loss philosophy and programming that they use in their gym, Results Fitness. It’s almost like that have a real-world fat loss laboratory as they’ll train anywhere from 200-300 client sessions per week. In other words, they’ve got fat loss down to real-world science.
I also found out that Rachel has recently been made a member of the USA Trialthon Team. Seeing as she’s only been at it for a couple of years, it’s quite an accomplishment.
With her recent background in endurance competition, you’d think that her endurance training would strongly influence her fat loss programming with her fitness clients. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Rachel is very clear that fat loss training and training for endurance are two distinctly different animals.
So much so, Rachel has written a new book specifically for those wanting to train and compete in their first triathlon. It’s called, So You Want to Train for Your First Triathlon: Beginners Guide to Training, Nutrition, Recovery, and Competing.
I’ve gotten a sneak peak and the book is outstanding. It covers everything you need to address and not address in your preparations for your first triathlon. If endurance training is your thing, this is a must have for your bookshelf.
Bill
P.S. Quick story…Rachel got into triathlon competition as part of Team in Training to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society after Alwyn was diagnosed with cancer. It was her way of giving back for without the funding that’s raised via Team in Training and donations, Alwyn may not have beaten the cancer like he did. Alwyn also gave back in his own way by brining together a Who’s Who in the fitness industry to create an 800 page “book” called Liftstrong. Not only do you get the best info in the business, but all the proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help others who are battling cancer. To date, LiftStrong has raised over $50,000….it’s not enough. If you don’t have it yet, get it.