What Gymnasts Need to Know about RED-S
Gymnasts, It's NOT normal to feel tired all the time. It's NOT normal for skills and routines that used to seem easy to now seem difficult.
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Lauren Puscheck
May 26, 20219 min read
Happy Memorial Day! Festive Recipes for Gymnasts (and the whole BBQ)!
To me, a summer BBQ always has to have great food! Here are some recipes that scream summer to welcome in the new season!
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Lauren Puscheck
May 23, 20214 min read
3 Ways To Be More Flexible Around Food, Fuel Your Body, and Achieve Your Goals This Summer
Your competition season is over! Finally! Time to relax a bit. Ease up in the gym. Give your mind a break. If you're like so many gymnasts
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Lauren Puscheck
May 9, 20215 min read
The Key to Recovering This Off-Season
As a gymnast, I always looked forward to the opportunity to go back to resi and pit landings after season was over. The hard landings really
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Kerry Bair
May 1, 20214 min read
3 Ways to Transition Your Fueling Strategy Into the Off Season
Summer time in the gym was always my favorite time of year. No more routines! No more stress! No more pressure! Getting to try new skills, m
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Kerry Bair
Apr 18, 20215 min read
The 3 Fueling Tips Every Gymnast Needs To Know
Gymnastics has a long and complicated history with food (healthy eating, disordered eating, body image, etc.). There are so many stereotypes
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Kerry Bair
Apr 11, 20214 min read
4 RED FLAGS You Need to Look Out For When Finding A Nutrition Professional As A Gymnast
Between family members, coaches, and medical professionals, it takes a village to keep a gymnast happy, healthy, and performing their best.
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Kerry Bair
Apr 3, 20214 min read
Is An "All or Nothing" Mindset Holding You Back From Reaching Your Goals?
When it comes to skills and training, many deem the goal of perfection as a positive and worthwhile attribute for a gymnast to have. However
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Kerry Bair
Mar 28, 20214 min read
5 Steps to Build a Better Body Image
Gymnastics (like many aesthetic sports) has a long and complicated history with distorted body image. The basis of our sport is about being
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Kerry Bair
Mar 21, 20217 min read
Warm Up To Spring Favorites
Move over winter! Spring is officially here! And with that returns so many of our fresh and seasonal favorites, including greens, peas, aspa
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Kerry Bair
Mar 13, 20212 min read
The "Perfect" Gymnast Body
"The unrealistic and often dangerous cultural undertones in gymnastics surrounding this idea of getting the 'perfect' gymnast body need to g
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Kerry Bair
Mar 7, 20215 min read
3 Reasons to NOT Count Calories (and the 3 things you should do instead)
No matter where I look, I feel like I'm being constantly bombarded with people talking about calories. And as a former gymnast, I know how
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Kerry Bair
Feb 28, 20215 min read
4 Reasons You Feel Sluggish At A Meet
Do you wonder why you always feel like crap at a meet? Do you feel like, even though you're doing the same training, you just can't keep up
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Kerry Bair
Feb 21, 20214 min read
The Meet Isn't Over Until You Eat
Gymnasts are always asking me questions about what to eat before a meet. They want to feel their best on meet day They want to have the...
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Kerry Bair
Feb 16, 20211 min read
The Gymnastics Growth Show With Nick Ruddock
Recently I was featured on an episode of the The Gymnastics Growth Show Podcast, hosted by incredible gymnastics coach, clinician, and leade
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Kerry Bair
Feb 14, 20216 min read
5 Reasons You're Always Hungry
As a gymnast, your body needs a lot of energy. Of course you need energy to keep up in training and to support your recovery. But that's...
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Kerry Bair
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Fueling for Competition Season: What You Need To Know.
As a high-level gymnast, competition season is easily the most intense time of your year. You are training more: more high-level skills,...
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Kerry Bair
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Competition Season Fueling Challenge!
I'm not usually big on New Years Resolutions. Usually, they're vast and unrealistic, with no real plan on how we're going to accomplish th
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Kerry Bair
Dec 27, 20203 min read
Why Your New Year's Resolution Should NOT Be a New Diet (and What You Should Do Instead...)
Can you believe we've made it to the end of 2020!?
And what a weird, difficult, and challenging year it's been. If you're anything like me
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Kerry Bair
Dec 20, 20203 min read
3 Signs You Could Use Some Extra Help With Your Nutrition
As a gymnast, you have a lot on your plate. You're trying to do well in school, balance extra-curricular activities, and train 20+ hours a w
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Kerry Bair, RD, LDN, MPH
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