RG Active Blog

to talk about over-training and how it relates to what you eat and don’t eat and how nutrition plays an important part in making you the ‘complete’ athlete. Nutrition is as important as any training session, you don’t put diesel in a petrol car and expect the same performance, do you?

So the 2009 season of triathlon has pretty much come to an end as the waters get colder and the weather gets less enjoyable (if there is such a thing in the UK). So I am sat here thinking how do we begin to think about what races to do in 2010. Here is some [...]

Our Roydon open water swim facility was the venue for the 1st Inter-Club Aquathlon on Saturday 22nd August, and with athletes from RG Active, Bishops Stortford Tri Club and the Met Police Tri Club it was hoped we would have a great event.

Hello Everyone, I wanted to share this article with you. I was actually sent this article from a friend and it makes for good reading and goes very nicely with much of we aim to do at RG Active. RG Active are slowly adding more and more group sessions for you all and hopefully we [...]

Hello everyone, Am sitting in the sunshine on holiday and thought I would write a quick Blog entry. I hope everyone is finding the back end of the season enjoyable and squeezing in those last few triathlons and races in before the British Winter decides to join us! We have been kept busy since the [...]

The following report was written by Dave Sandford, an athlete that has used RG Active to help him in his 2 Ironman races. This summer he tackled Switzerland. I hope you enjoy reading about his experience. “This was my 2nd Ironman and after last years New Zealand Ironman I had a little bit more experience, [...]

A few years ago when I was taking a ‘break’ from triathlon I learned how to cycle better, harder and with a little bit more proficiency. I had become a bit disinterested with triathlon and with the swim training in particular and then after a very miserable experience at the London Marathon (arguably the worst [...]

Hello everyone, I hope everyone has been racing hard and enjoying all the events both in the UK and around Europe. I have been keeping busy with training, coaching and as many of you would have seen preparing for and attending the London Triathlon at the Excel Centre. It was our first time attending a [...]

Hello everyone, Just had to sit through a very difficult Hungarian Grand Prix where Jenson did well to get a car that was obviously under preforming to a points finish and ‘damage limitation’ in his Championship challenge. Lets hope that the mid season break gives everyone and rest and the season re-start gives BrawnGP the [...]

Hello Everyone, We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate more RG Active athletes that have gone that bit further and completed IRONMAN races recently. It really is a huge achievement for anybody to put their bodies through this kind of punishment and to become an IRONMAN means you are one of a very [...]