The human body is an amazing
machine. In our daily life, we only use a very small part of our true physical capabilities.
But as athletes, unlike our daily life, our training is a big stressor on our body.
Understanding that training for an athletic event places such a high demand on the cardio, respiratory muscular, immune and other organ systems, it’s important to recognize that preparing your body for an athletic event is so much more than just checking off workouts.
I am sure I don't have to tell you this but your athletic success depends on proper nutrition.
Last night, I had the opportunity to give a presentation at Run In on my Top 10 nutrition tips for athletes.
Before getting into the talk, it is important that I tell you a little about myself and why I am so passionate about nutrition and sport nutrition.
But as athletes, unlike our daily life, our training is a big stressor on our body.
Understanding that training for an athletic event places such a high demand on the cardio, respiratory muscular, immune and other organ systems, it’s important to recognize that preparing your body for an athletic event is so much more than just checking off workouts.
I am sure I don't have to tell you this but your athletic success depends on proper nutrition.
Last night, I had the opportunity to give a presentation at Run In on my Top 10 nutrition tips for athletes.
Before getting into the talk, it is important that I tell you a little about myself and why I am so passionate about nutrition and sport nutrition.
As a Board Certified Sport Dietitian with a MS in Exercise Physiology, I have dedicated much of my educational career to studying the human body and how food, or nutrition, affects physiology. I love learning about the science behind training and nutrition.
But, I am also an endurance triathlete. For the past 11 years, I have pushed my body to great physical and mental limits by completing 11 Ironman distance triathlons, including 4 Ironman World Championships and I have place overall female amateur at several half IM distance events.
As a motivated, disciplined, competitive and goal-driven endurance triathlete, you can say that my activity routine is quite punishing and what I do with my body is very extreme. More important than any personal best, podium placement, overall win or World Championship qualification is my health. This hobby is a choice and seeing that you may also choose to do something similar with your body, it is important to remember that your ability to perform well with your body is dependent on good health.
I invite you to listen to my 1-hour presentation which discusses the following topics:
- How to organize youd diet as an athlete
- Incorporating whole grains into your diet
- Daily hydration needs
- Natural anti-inflammatory foods
- Incorporating more vegetables into the diet
- Easy to digest pre-workout snacks
- How to master post-workout nutrition
- Tips and tricks for dialing in sport nutrition and hydration during workouts
- How to make your own energy bar out of real food
- Why it is important to create a healthy relationship with food and the body
As a nutrition expert who is qualified to give nutrition advice to athletes, I feel it is important to stress that I encourage a mostly real food based diet with absolutely no off-limit foods, I believe in the use of sport nutrition products during training and never do I prescribe “magic bullets”, quick fixes, make claims for fad diets or encourage rigid and extreme styles of eating and fueling.
When I work with athletes, health, well-being, longevity and enjoyment for sport are most important to me because I want you to keep your body in amazing health AND perform amazingly well with your body on race day, and for many more years to come.
I hope that you find my tips practical, easy to implement and effective for your upcoming training and racing journey.
Any questions, don't hesitate to send me an email via the contact form on my website.