How should diet be periodised across a training year? An Olympic-level runner stayed about 2-4% above competition weight and body fat in general preparation, dieting down for competition
Oct 27
3 min read
A simple approach is to diet the same way all year, aimed at one target. Integrated periodisation does the opposite, planning nutrition and body composition in phases around the competitive calendar. A detailed example comes from an Olympic-level runner whose body composition was tracked for nine years, and it shows what a periodised year can look like in practice.
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