Physical | Mediterra Swim & Run

How To Eat More Vegetables – Part 1

by Coach Mat | 19 Aug, 2018

Need a reason to eat more vegetables? How about improving recovery after hard athletic efforts? You may look up these Foods to Improve Athletic Performance & Recovery. on NutritionFacts.org. I’ve been running a lot longer distances this season. With two or...

Food For Nutrition, Before Entertainment – Part 2

by Coach Mat | 11 Aug, 2018

Continued from Part 1. Do You Need To Eat Less Calories? Or maybe you just need to eat better quality calories. Here are some ways you can go about it… Eat mostly plants. Fill up on them first. Leave animal products to the last and in the smallest amounts....

Food For Nutrition, Before Entertainment – Part 1

by Coach Mat | 8 Aug, 2018

I want to make an argument for choosing food for what vital nutrition it supplies more than by how it pleases the taste buds or entertains you. But first, I want to acknowledge that meals are an important part of social bonding and a daily, centering activity in many...

Spend One Kind Of Energy For Another

by Coach Mat | 15 Jul, 2018

Do you know what its like to spend energy of one kind in order to gain energy of another kind? That’s what it usually feels like for me when I go swim. It doesn’t have to be ‘easy’ swimming either. Most often I train quite strenuously,...

Does Swimming Burn Fat? 2

by Coach Mat | 9 Dec, 2017

As well as being asked about this from time to time, I’ve learned that this is a common online search phrase so I should get some extra hits on this post. Previously, I’ve written some thoughts on body fat in relation to swimming: Does Swimming Burn Fat? 1...

Checklist For Easier Breathing – Part 2

by Coach Mat | 21 Oct, 2017

This is continued from Part 1… Improve Your Understanding Of Exertion Likely, some of you have been working earnestly on your stroke and your breathing, but it is still not coming as easy as you think it should be. You are getting to air, but it still...