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The 3 R’s of Recovery Nutrition

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The 3 R’s of Recovery Nutrition

REPEAT after me....... REFUEL REBUILD REPLENISH REFUEL REBUILD REPLENISH REFUEL REBUILD REPLENISH Repeat after every workout by eating and/or drinking the 3 R's within 30 minutes of exercise. Take a moment to reflect and analyze what you are doing after workouts & then you can figure out how you can improve your post-workout nutrition. What does is RECOVERY mean to you? What do you eat for recovery and why do you eat those specific foods? Now, lets breakdown the 3 R’s of recovery! 1) REFUEL with Carbohydrates: After 45-60 minutes of physical activity, you have depleted your body's carbohydrates stores in your muscles (aka your energy source). It is time to fill up [...]

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Spring into Workouts with Homemade Energy Bites

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Spring into Workouts with Homemade Energy Bites

Sometimes you want to change-up your snack by making your own grab-n-go fruit & nut bars or the very popular bite size balls. Since store brought fruit & nut bars (such as Larabars, Kind Bars, Rxbars) contain only whole ingredients that you can find in your local grocery store (or mostly likely in your kitchen) and contain approximately 3-10 ingredients, why not experiment making your own! Luckily, they won't taste bad when the main ingredients are dried fruit and nuts! How bad could they be? Some recipes call for a food processor. You don't need a fancy expensive food processor. I still use the mini cuisnart for [...]

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Satisfying Snacks

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Satisfying Snacks

Snacks are an easy way to help athletes fuel their workouts and keep their bellies satisfied between workouts. When exercise volume and intensity increase, athletes are going to feel more hungry because they are burning more calories. Fueling the body during these peak training periods can seem like another job. Athletes need to plan ahead and be prepared to have snacks available and easily accessible to prevent not eating anything at all or buying an unhealthy option. Depending on an athlete's schedule between practice and work/classes, snacks can be as small as 100-200 calories to hold them over until a meal OR snacks [...]