Each chunk of the season comes with its own challenges and opportunities. For endurance athletes, winter is often the time of year for long, slow, distance endurance miles, strength training, and indoor trainer or treadmill workouts. Proper nutrition and fueling … Read More
Tips to Help You Get a Better Night Sleep, By Brad Krause
Even when you’re careful about making healthy choices throughout the day, it’s all too common for many of us to struggle with getting a good night’s rest. This can happen to anyone. Athletes in particular tend to have a higher … Read More
Ten Tips To Help You Benefit From Your Fitness Routine, By Marni Sumbal, MS, RD, CSSD
10 ways you are sabotaging your fitness routine. Breaking news: regular exercise is good for your physical and mental well-being. Okay, you probably already knew this. Research has shown that daily exercise comes with a long list of health benefits: promoting better … Read More
Offseason Nutrition, by Kristen Arnold MS, RDN, CSSD
The pursuit of athletic performance is an all-year commitment. The offseason is a time to reflect and relax but cannot go neglected. This time is an important part of the season to achieving athletic goals. Successful athletes look at the … Read More
In The Spotlight – Meghan Fillnow
We have been following Kelly Fillnow’s twin sister Meghan for a few years. Meghan is quite an accomplished athlete and has been making herself widely known in the ironman competitions during 2019. Meghan (NAFC, USAT, and RRCA certified) grew up … Read More
Student X is Olympic Hopeful, by Myles Silverman
The path to the Olympics is long and rigorous, filled with the cliché of blood, sweat, and tears. Selection for the 2018 Olympic Team meant you needed to be one of the 242 individuals selected out of 323 million Americans. … Read More
How is Cocoa Processed? By Ashley Reaver, MS, RD, CSSD
Do you know how that delicious chocolate gets into your cabinet? You may be surprised to know that chocolate actually tastes nothing like the plant it originally comes from, the cacao tree. In this blog, we’ll walk you through how … Read More
Inflammation and Gut Health, by Susan Kitchen, MS, RD, CSSD
Whether you are a seasoned athlete or fitness enthusiast seeking to attain a work/life balance, at the end of the day, we all strive for happiness, health, and longevity. We try our best to maintain healthy habits. However, we may … Read More
An Indepth Look at the Latest Science on Cocoa, By Ashley Reaver, MS, RD, CSSD
Hot off the presses: new research on the beneficial effects of cocoa on health! In this latest support for cocoa, researchers looked at the effects of cocoa on mobility and quality of life in older adults. In addition, they evaluated … Read More
Why Masters Athletes Need More Protein, by Katie Elliott, MS, RD
Introduction For those of you who don’t race triathlon, it is true that amateur triathletes have to wear their age on the back of their calf. Some 40+ athletes cringe at the thought of divulging their years on earth, but … Read More