Simply Triathlon with Dina & Chris
Welcome to the Simply Triathlon Podcast and thanks so much for listening!
We're Dina & Chris, a couple of age group triathletes, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts. Our goal is to share our knowledge and experience in triathlon, nutrition, epic races, lessons learned, fun stuff, hard stuff, bizarre stuff, and more!
Dina Grimaldi is a triathlon coach, nutrition coach, and personal trainer who followed her dad's footsteps in picking up triathlon. She quickly found out that it's not all that cool to be the first person out of the water, because it just means everybody and their mother is going to pass you on the bike.
Chris Kopcha is a triathlon coach, nutrition coach, personal trainer, and yoga teacher who kind of stumbled into the world of fitness after deciding to change careers after spending 10 years as a teacher. Coming into the sport of triathlon as a runner, she found it's been a great lesson in patience at the pool so as not to have to make up so much time on the bike and run.
Enjoy!!
**We do drop the occasional expletive; be aware if sensitive or listening around kids!**
Simply Triathlon with Dina & Chris
Navigating Nutrition During the Off-Season and the Holidays
In this episode, we talk about nutrition in the off-season. Should you modify your nutrition plan while you're not training as much? Should you purposely eat less? Should you eat different types of food?
We also talk about how to navigate the holidays with big parties and lots of food, including handling the comments others make about what's on our plate, and the myth of "holiday weight gain."
If you're interested in Dina's holiday food navigation guide, download it for free here! https://dinathlon.com/download/holiday-food-navigation/
We also wish Chris a happy birthday (the big 5-0!), check in with Dina on her recovery and nutrition, talk about our favorite holiday foods, touch back on bike safety, and chat about some triathlon news and the concept of DNF-ing races.
Don't forget that there are chapter markers within the episode, since we go through a lot!
Questions for us related to triathlon, fitness, nutrition, anything? Topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Please send us a message anytime, and feel free to give us a follow!
Podcast Email: simplytriathlonpodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Instagram: @simplytriathlonpodcast
Dina's Instagram: @dinathlon
Chris's Instagram: @coachchriskopcha