gymnastics nutrition | Food For Fuel 7/8

Jun 6, 20214 min read

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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Happy Memorial Day! Festive Recipes for Gymnasts (and the whole BBQ)!

Lauren Puscheck

May 26, 20219 min read

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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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3 Ways To Be More Flexible Around Food, Fuel Your Body, and Achieve Your Goals This Summer

Lauren Puscheck

May 23, 20214 min read

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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

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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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3 Ways to Transition Your Fueling Strategy Into the Off Season

Kerry Bair

May 1, 20214 min read

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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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The 3 Fueling Tips Every Gymnast Needs To Know

Kerry Bair

Apr 18, 20215 min read

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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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4 RED FLAGS You Need to Look Out For When Finding A Nutrition Professional As A Gymnast

Kerry Bair

Apr 11, 20214 min read

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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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Is An "All or Nothing" Mindset Holding You Back From Reaching Your Goals?

Kerry Bair

Apr 3, 20214 min read

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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

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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

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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

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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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3 Reasons to NOT Count Calories (and the 3 things you should do instead)

Kerry Bair

Mar 7, 20215 min read

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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

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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

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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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The Gymnastics Growth Show With Nick Ruddock

Kerry Bair

Feb 16, 20211 min read

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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

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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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Fueling for Competition Season: What You Need To Know.

Kerry Bair

Feb 7, 20214 min read

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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

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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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Why Your New Year's Resolution Should NOT Be a New Diet (and What You Should Do Instead...)

Kerry Bair

Dec 27, 20203 min read

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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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3 Signs You Could Use Some Extra Help With Your Nutrition

Kerry Bair

Dec 20, 20203 min read

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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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