athletes

Nutrition

One of the foundations of quality training and staying healthy and injury free is good nutrition. Good nutrition involves more than just food - it involves an awareness of how food, fluids and timing impact our ability to train, recover, heal, adapt and perform. No doubt about it - food is fuel!

Feature Presentation: Nutrition for Figure Skaters (PDF)

• A balanced diet (PDF)
• Calories (PDF)
• Zoning in on the diet that's right for you (PDF)

• Iron - There's more to it than pumping it (PDF)
• The power of placebo (PDF)

• Water - the athlete's most important nutrient (PDF)

• How's your timing? (PDF)

• Struggling to maintain weight (PDF)
• How much body fat? It depends... (PDF)
• Fat - How low can you go? (PDF)
• A successful formula for gaining muscle mass (PDF)
• Lose the fat, keep the muscle (PDF)

• What do I eat before I compete? (PDF)
• A training table in your backpack (PDF)
• Eating on the fast track (PDF)

• Answers to your top 10 questions about creatine (PDF)
• Testimony to Washington Senate on Safety (PDF)