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
How to Increase Your FTP, Whole Grains vs. Refined Grains, and Why Food Doesn’t “Cancel Out” Exercise
**Chris decided to record this episode inside of an echo chamber. We apologize.**
In this episode, we discuss all things FTP.
What is FTP - Functional Threshold Power - on the bike? How can it be useful for us? How do we increase it?
We also bust a nutrition myth regarding whole grains versus white/refined grains. We talk about how the latter is NOT something to be avoided, why this is, and when it might actually be preferable as an athlete.
Finally, Dina tells a story about bringing donuts to her runners after a group run, and how this sparked a conversation about why foods don't "cancel out" exercise and how all foods can be included.
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