15 results for tag: Nutrition
Most of us view “runner” as an essential part of our identity. It’s not just something we do. We live, breathe, eat, and sleep for our sport. From giving up Friday happy hour so that we can nail our Saturday long run to early pre-work speed sessions, we make sacrifices for our sport. Often, our social lives revolve around ...
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Nutrition science is fairly simple. Eat lots of veggies. Eat a wide variety of foods. Prepare your own food whenever you can. Eat consistently throughout the day. However, there’s so much information and misinformation out there, it’s easy to get lost, confused, or forget what you already know. These basics can help get you ...
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The off-season can be the perfect time to establish habits that will take you into your next training block healthy. Maybe you want to focus on sleep or additional strength training. Maybe you want to dial in your
nutrition. And that’s where a registered dietitian
nutritionist, a sports RDN, comes in.
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Off-season
nutrition can be a tough nut to crack—but it doesn't have to be! Let our
nutritionist Becca Blumberg walk you through it step by step.
Written by Becca Blumberg, edited by Pavlína Marek
The off-season is here and many athletes wonder how their day-to-day eating habits should change. There are many ways in ...
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Nutrition with Becca Blumberg
Water is essential for us humans. Without it, our bodies can’t function, period. But since we’re kind of a running-focused company, let’s talk about hydration in running. As a
nutritionist and long-distance runner, I want to share my best Hydration Tips for Running with you.
Hydration ...
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A run across the whole of the United States is a difficult affair to plan to say the least and it’s to be expected that some plans may have to change. That is the case for the June 5 through June 11 portion of Mike’s planned route.
Those who are planning to join and support Mike during this time should consult the ...
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Plant-based and plant forward diets are popular among endurance athletes. The carbohydrates that they provide play a key role in fueling the body for long distance events. Plants are also rich in antioxidant vitamins and minerals which promote rapid recovery. In the past, people thought that you had to have “complementary ...
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There’s a good reason to ramp up your outdoor runs during the summer — the mild weather, the longer daylight hours and yes, the amount of fresh produce at peak season. We could fight over Slack channels and emails about why that Masumoto peach is really the star of the season, or why heirloom tomatoes are clearly superior. ...
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Does consuming calories during a marathon improve performance? Physiology’s answer is no.
Facts:
2,000 calories of carbohydrate (glucose in glycogen) are stored in the body (1,600 calories in muscle, and 400 calories in liver).
110,000 calories of fat (3 fatty acids in triglycerides, released by Lipase) are stored in ...
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Having the right recovery
nutrition helps you refuel and ensures that you have energy stores available to use a day or even four days later.
We review the basics of recovery
nutrition and how to use UCAN products for recovery, featuring insights from world-class running coach Greg McMillan.
The Glycogen Window
Proteins and ...
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