Endurance
A good biking snack is about more than just energy. It needs to be portable, provide your muscles with the nutrients they need, be eaten on a good schedule and can't melt. Here are five super snacks for you to tuck into your jersey pockets.
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Birds chirping, trees blooming and feet on the pavement all signal the arrival of spring. However, hitting the great outdoors for a 5K or fun run involves more than just lacing up your sneakers and programming the perfect playlist. These 5 simple steps will get you on your feet again the safe and healthy way.
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Early morning run, lunchtime run, evening run—runners always need to navigate the balance of run times with meal timing to maintain a placid stomach, prevent hunger, and boost energy. But when done right, snacking can be part of the perfect meal plan for runners.
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Listen to locker room talk at the gym and you'll hear lots of conflicting tips about what you should eat and drink before and after you work out. These answers to five common questions about fueling your workout sort fact from fiction.
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What does it take to fuel the strength, speed, endurance and grace of the athletes we see on our TVs? It takes years of training to obtain a coveted spot on an Olympic team, and sports dietitians are part of that team – helping to propel athletes to achieve the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger).
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It's race day. Marathon day. 26.2 miles. You've been training for the last several months, preparing for everything within your control. One of the biggest factors that will determine how you finish is sports nutrition and how you fuel your body. This single fact alone can be the difference between barely finishing a race and finishing strong.
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Want to run faster? Try borscht. A study by researchers at Saint Louis University, published in the April 2012 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, shows that eating cooked beets "acutely improves running performance." The key, the study says, is nitrate.
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