Alex Fastfitness – Medium

Alex Fastfitness

Alex Fastfitness
in
Fastfitnesstips

Which Sport Helps You Live Longest?

…….Constructing a league table of sports

7 min readApr 28, 2023

--

Which Sport Helps You Live Longest?

--

Alex Fastfitness
in
Fastfitnesstips

When should you Retire? What does the science say?

When do you plan to retire? As soon as possible perhaps?

4 min readFeb 2, 2023

--

1

When should you Retire? What does the science say?

--

1

Alex Fastfitness

In Search of the Optimal Diet for Longevity

If you follow “healthy diets” in the news as closely as me then you will likely be very confused by now…..almost every diet and every…

9 min readDec 21, 2022

--

1

In Search of the Optimal Diet for Longevity

--

1

Alex Fastfitness

How much energy do you need to recover? understanding EPOC

EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) is the elevation in oxygen consumption (aka Resting Energy Expenditure) which occurs after…

7 min readNov 27, 2022

--

How much energy do you need to recover? understanding EPOC

--

Alex Fastfitness

Should we be Cooling down during Warm-ups?

Misunderstanding about Warm-Ups

7 min readNov 6, 2022

--

1

Should we be Cooling down during Warm-ups?

--

1

Alex Fastfitness
in
Fastfitnesstips

Don’t do more than 3hrs/wk in the gym!

aka How much strength training is enough?

7 min readOct 2, 2022

--

Don’t do more than 3hrs/wk in the gym!

--

Alex Fastfitness

8 Worst Race Day Nutrition Errors

It is incredibly easy to mess up your race day nutrition. The typical advice you read online (eg 120g/hr-144g/hr carbs) is very unrealistic…

9 min readSep 28, 2022

--

8 Worst Race Day Nutrition Errors

--

Alex Fastfitness

What is Cardiac Drift?

A primer for athletes

5 min readSep 20, 2022

--

1

What is Cardiac Drift?

--

1

Alex Fastfitness
in
Fastfitnesstips

Dying to be fit

aka can too much exercise kill you?

8 min readSep 7, 2022

--

Dying to be fit

--

Alex Fastfitness
in
Fastfitnesstips

Is Time Restricted Eating a Magic Bullet?

or just a simple way to restrict calories like any other

6 min readAug 25, 2022

--

1

Is Time Restricted Eating a Magic Bullet?

--

1

Alex Fastfitness

Alex Fastfitness

I am an MD and cycling coach. I run the youtube channel Fastfitness.tips and blog: cyclingapps.net dedicated to fitness science! @fitnessguru on twitter

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams