What to Eat after a Practice/Game; Post Practice/Game Nutrition; Recovering Right
What to Eat after a Practice/Game; Post Practice/Game Nutrition; Recovering Right By Brittany Saxton After practices and games, athletes are hungry! I find they often go for the quickest, easiest food which means they’re not getting a ton of nutrients. Can you talk about refueling post-practice/game?...
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Prevent Injury with Nutrition
Prevent Injury with Nutrition By Brittany Saxton Preventing injury is not always top of mind for an athlete or coach and when it is, it’s common to forget how much of a role nutrition plays here. Preventing injury seems and feels like a complicated thing, but it’s not. We...
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CARBOHYDRATES – WHY THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ATHLETES
CARBOHYDRATES – WHY THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ATHLETES By Brittany Saxton Carbohydrates (also known as carbs) tend to get a bad rap, but the last thing we want our athletes thinking is that carbs are “bad!” They are frowned upon because they don’t always come in the most nutritious...
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Fueling the Athlete for Improved Performance
Fueling the Athlete for Improved Performance By Brittany Saxton What coach, parent, or athlete doesn’t want to see the best performance possible out on the field? We all want that, so let’s make sure we are setting our athletes up to perform at their highest potential! In this blog, we...
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