How to Boost your Immune System.
CycleShack is a new bike shop located near to Cannock Chase at Heath Hayes, just off the A5/M6 Toll, between Cannock and Burntwood. It is run my Matt Williams, who has dabbled successfully in Trailquests/MTBOs in the past and knows Cannock Chase like the back of his hand.
Hosting lectures in a bike showroom cleared of its stock is a novel way of getting people into the shop and, judging by the nearly full house, it works. There was a mix of cyclists and runners of all ages present to hear the first in a lecture series by acclaimed nutritionalist Barry Murray.
As I saw Barry last year which helped me alot, I knew it would be useful to go, and perhaps get some inspiration to tighten up my diet again.
Luckily Barry was slightly late, as, otherwise, he would have caught his audience tucking into the cake and coffee supplied. It broke the ice nicely as he was setting up, us all hiding our cake & surreptitiously munching away when he wasn’t looking.
This week’s lecture was entitled ‘How to Boost your Immune System’. Very apt, as I sat there sniffing away.
Barry’s delivery of what could be a very boring subject was first class. He explained everything in layman’s terms with little diagrams and lots of similes: Good Guys, Bad Guys, building your walls, arming your soldiers, and bringing in helpers and backup.
His cheeky Irish lilt and casual manner also helped make the lecture entertaining and I learnt a great new word, ‘arseways’, as well as lots of advice on how to combat those nasties intent on making me ill again.
With my cold in full swing he advised hitting the Vitamin C hard, although a little late, and I have taken him to his word. Apparently Vitamin C is water soluble so you can’t overdose on it, it just comes out in your urine. So today I am taking rather alot of it. The only side effect is that the amount people can stand varies and the side effect is diarrhoea :-{ no problems so far……
Thanks to Barry and Cycle Shack for a great evening. Barry has a Facebook group where he posts regularly for anyone interested in nutrition for sport . The next lecture is in two weeks, check the websites below for details.
http://cycleshackonline.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cycle-Shack/165968540084214
http://www.optimumnutrition4sport.com/ http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/OptimumNutrition4Sport/131822740956
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