Demystifying Sports Nutrition: Straightforward Tips & Expert Secrets
- By Mario Fraioli
- Published Sep. 6, 2011
- Updated Mar. 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM UTC
How To Change Habits
If you want a different result, you need a new approach. “Habits take a long time to enforce—you have to reinforce them again and again until they become natural,” says Applegate. “I give people at least six to eight weeks and three to four things per week to change.”
Think big but start small. One week of minor modifications could include: eating ice cream or frozen yogurt every other night instead of every night; adding two handfuls of veggies, such as baby spinach and alfalfa sprouts, to your sandwiches; and replacing a processed granola bar snack with one serving of raw almonds (20-25 nuts) and a small apple.
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Mario Fraioli
Mario Fraioli is a senior editor at Competitor magazine. A cross-country All-American at Stonehill College in 2003, he now coaches the Prado Women's Racing Team in San Diego and was the men's marathon coach for Costa Rica's 2012 Olympic team. His first book, The Official Rock 'n' Roll Guide To Marathon & Half-Marathon Training (VeloPress, 2013) is available in bookstores, running shops and online.