5 Hydration Mistakes that Could Degrade Your Performance and Impair Your Health
Hydration is crucial for athletes. Screwing up your fluid intake not only reduces your performance, it can endanger your health. When we exercise, our muscles produce heat and our body's [...]
How Athletes With Diabetes Can Follow a Performance Diet
Many athletes with diabetes are cautious about exercise, fearing a drop in their blood sugars. However, by eating properly and monitoring your portions, you will be able to maintain sufficient [...]
Interview With Kara Goucher
Kara Goucher knows what it takes to go long and stay strong. Her third-place finishes in the 2008 New York City Marathon and the 2009 Boston Marathon proved she can [...]
Stay Energized for Training With Simple Snacks
Whether you’re hitting the weights or pounding out miles, you're burning energy as you go. Prepare yourself for the action by eating often. Infrequent and improper fueling results in decreased [...]
5 Pillars of Sports Nutrition
"Fueling is just as much a part of training as lifting, running and learning plays," says Pittsburgh Steelers nutrition consultant Leslie Bonci. Your eating habits deserve as much focus and [...]
Why Water Isn't Enough for Athletes
High performance athletes know that water is essential for keeping their bodies hydrated and functioning at the highest level. But for intense physical activity lasting longer than 30 minutes, water [...]
Maintain Consistent Nutrition Habits
Obviously, what you eat affects your body. But when you eat is equally important, especially if you want to increase energy, build lean muscle mass and maintain peak performance. If [...]
Pre-Game Energy Boost
Charge up with one of these energy-filled supplements to propel yourself through your next workout or game. NAME Gatorade Prime 01 GU Roctane PowerBar Gel Jelly Belly Sport Beans CLIF [...]
Unwrapping Energy Bars
Scenario: you’ve got a killer workout ahead, but you didn’t eat well leading up to it. Your energy is lagging. What do you do? Solution: A convenient and portable fix [...]
Formula for Fluid Replacement
School’s out for the summer, which means you've probably kissed math class goodbye. But, there's one calculation you should still be doing: determining your sweat rate. No worries. There’s no [...]