I’ve not used Athlete’s Foodcoach but have previously tried Macro Factor and would be interested to know what you think of it… it adjusts calorie and macro suggestions based on your intake and weight data, without explicitly getting training information. And you can set to spread calories equally through the week or more on specific days. It’s possibly more targeted towards lifters than endurance athletes but I quite like it.
I don’t know Macro factor. But especially for endurance athletes I believe adaptive plans that adjust based on daily training is a must. Although I have not used it, Hexis definitely seems to be the most sophisticated option! :)
I think listening to the body and the sense for intuition/feel is getting lost more and more, unfortunately... While such Apps might be helpful in the short-term, the most successful athletes (the ones that are able to stay consistent over many years and decades) learned to read their body's signs and know better what truly works for them on a individual level.
I am curious: How do you approach your nutrition after having done this experiment with the App? Are you still tracking calories or are you back to going by feel ignoring the data?
Hey thanks! And yes, I completely agree. I stopped tracking the data. It actually makes me feel better to trust intuition. Eat a bit more when I am hungry and eat a bit less when I feel less hungry (disregarding the exact amount of activity I have done).
The most valuable insight to me was to learn about the composition of my meals. Protein, carbohydrate and fats. I learned to increase the carb content of my meals a lot to fuel sessions.
In conclusion, I believe it is a valuable experiment that everyone should do to gain insights in what they eat and apply that in their daily routines. However, I do not believe that permanent tracking leads to the best performance nor provide a healthy relation with food. It only ‘forces’ to eat well (which might be a solution to some athletes struggling with this).
I’ve not used Athlete’s Foodcoach but have previously tried Macro Factor and would be interested to know what you think of it… it adjusts calorie and macro suggestions based on your intake and weight data, without explicitly getting training information. And you can set to spread calories equally through the week or more on specific days. It’s possibly more targeted towards lifters than endurance athletes but I quite like it.
I primarily use Hexis now though!
I don’t know Macro factor. But especially for endurance athletes I believe adaptive plans that adjust based on daily training is a must. Although I have not used it, Hexis definitely seems to be the most sophisticated option! :)
Very interesting article!
I think listening to the body and the sense for intuition/feel is getting lost more and more, unfortunately... While such Apps might be helpful in the short-term, the most successful athletes (the ones that are able to stay consistent over many years and decades) learned to read their body's signs and know better what truly works for them on a individual level.
I am curious: How do you approach your nutrition after having done this experiment with the App? Are you still tracking calories or are you back to going by feel ignoring the data?
Hey thanks! And yes, I completely agree. I stopped tracking the data. It actually makes me feel better to trust intuition. Eat a bit more when I am hungry and eat a bit less when I feel less hungry (disregarding the exact amount of activity I have done).
The most valuable insight to me was to learn about the composition of my meals. Protein, carbohydrate and fats. I learned to increase the carb content of my meals a lot to fuel sessions.
In conclusion, I believe it is a valuable experiment that everyone should do to gain insights in what they eat and apply that in their daily routines. However, I do not believe that permanent tracking leads to the best performance nor provide a healthy relation with food. It only ‘forces’ to eat well (which might be a solution to some athletes struggling with this).