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This week's March 15, 2009 audio podcast episodeis jam-packed with latest research for fitness and sports performance, including:

-Do Muscles Respond Differently to Resistance Training vs. Bicycling?

-Caloric Restriction & Sports Performance - Does Rapid Fat Loss Affect Cycling Endurance?

-Monitoring High-Intensity Training by Heart Rate vs. Power

-Alternatives to Lactate Threshold Testing

-Does Aquatic Resistance Training Actually Work?

-Massage & Recovery

Listen in as I talk about the latest research on these topics, then turn to the Listener Q&A, in which listener Jen asks:

Ben, further to your Fat Burning Secrets episode with John Gilbert re: taking in food/carbs during a 60 minute plus workout ... how much food/carbs would you suggest? And would that amount change based on the overall length of workout?

Listener Paul asks:

I am a 45 yo male. I did one sprint Tri last summer and I am training for 2-3 events this year also. I am a former bodybuilder who always wanted to get involved in endurance/tri training but the bodybuilding kept me from pursuing it due to the inevitable muscle loss. A ruptured disc and subsequent surgery changed all of that and my bodybuilding days are 100% done. I can do some ‘Jane Fonda’ workouts but I only do those to maintain some strength for tri training.

Anyway, I try to eat right and I think I do pretty well for a weekend warrior. My big question is about diet soda. I do not drink alcohol, smoke or have any real vices expect that I drink a lot of pop (all diet of course). I probably drink 70-100 oz per day and I know that is too much. What is the truth regarding drinking pop? I have read that it is bad but I see a lot of conflicting information. Am I retarding my progress by ingesting this much pop? Is any amount acceptable? I know you are a straight shooter and you can back up your comments with science and that is why I am asking you. I appreciate your time and I will look forward to your answer.

Remember, you can now ask your questions to me via the free Skype software by simply "Skyping" me at username "pacificfit".

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Also included in this podcast:

-Remember last week's interview with Josh Carter? I surfed over to Josh's website and checked out his book and a bunch of other very useful information. I want you to witness this yourself. Just click this link and you can see the video that blew me away.

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- Saturday, May 9 - Thursday, May 14, 2009: The Critical Speed Coeur D' Alene Triathlon  Camp - Come train on the Ironman Coeur D'Alene course with coaches included Ben Greenfield for 4 days. The timing of this camp, just six weeks out from race day, cannot be better for those training for Ironman CdA. Race strategy, nutrition lectures, physiology testing, biomechanical analysis, and much, much more from American and Canadian coaches, physicians, and sports scientists.

-Tuesday, March 17 & March 24, 6pm in Coeur D' Alene Idaho: "Ben Greenfield's Fat Burning Secrets" - Learn the exact exercise and nutritional secrets that Ben Greenfield uses to gain rapid fat loss and fitness results combined with optimum health. 6-7pm at Pilgrim's Health Education Center in Coeur D' Alene, Idaho.

-"Delta-Tea"; Ben's Secret Energy Drink Tea Recipe - 1 packet delta-E mixed with 8oz hot water. Click here to get your hands on the delta-E that Ben talks about in the podcast episode - a powerful nutrient rich combo of Green Tea, Pomegranate,  Suntheanine (the purest form of L-Theanine) and the most bio-active form of B12 (Methylcobalamin), which supports healthy brain and nerve function. Extremely low sugar and carbohydrates, with no artificial sweeteners.

-Ben Greenfield's new program "The IT Band Friection Fix" for bulletproofing your knee! Click here to go to http://www.bulletproofknee.com for this just released, step-by-step system with full video and text modules for teaching you cutting-edge training, nutritional and rehabilitation techniques to eliminate pain in the side of your knee from iliotibial band friction syndrome and tendonitis.

-Triathletes can have access to full training programs written by Ben Greenfield at a fraction of the cost of monthly coaching INCLUDING THE BRAND NEW, RECENTLY RELEASED COMPLETE IRONMAN NUTRITION PLAN! Just click here to go to a website where you can review your training plan options and get a free TrainingPeaks account (P.S. Use code "BGF" for a $20 savings on any Ironman training plan, including the nutrition plan).

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