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5 Reasons Why You Wont Compete Your Best Under-Fueled This Season
As a high-level gymnast, competition season is easily the most intense time of your year. You are training more: More high-level skills. Mor

Kerry Bair
Nov 7, 20214 min read
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Halloween, Candy, and High-Level Gymnasts
Halloween is such a fun holiday! I remember as a young gymnast getting the night off of practice and just getting to spend time with my frie

Kerry Bair
Oct 24, 20215 min read
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4 Ways To Start Preparing for Meet Day NOW
Meet season is only a few short weeks away! In the gym, you're working hard to get ready. You're dialing in those landings. You're perfectin

Kerry Bair
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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How Much Protein Should A Gymnast Really Eat?
As a gymnast, you’ve probably heard that protein is an important part of an athlete’s diet. While this is true, many athletes aren’t familia

Kerry Bair
Oct 3, 20218 min read
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Fall into Autumn Foods!
Fall is here, which means so are of your favorite fall flavors - the biggest being pumpkin and apple!! I don't know about anyone else but I

Lauren Puscheck
Sep 26, 20217 min read
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5 Ways Your Body Is Telling You To Eat More
Many people aren't great at picking up on and listening to the signals their bodies send them...Society tells us that we can't trust our bod

Lauren Puscheck
Sep 19, 20216 min read
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4 External Reasons You Need To Eat More (And How To Recognize Them)
The school year is in full swing for most gymnasts, which means there have been a lot of changes in your life this past month...

Lauren Puscheck
Sep 12, 20214 min read
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5 Ways to Train Your Best Throughout Pre-Season (and Set Yourself Up for a Successful Season)
The start of the school year also means the end of summer training and the start of pre-season for gymnasts - time to get serious! Competiti

Lauren Puscheck
Sep 5, 20216 min read
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Recipes to Help You Celebrate The End of Summer
Need some recipe ideas that will help you fuel into the school year while also incorporating fall themes and produce? Here's some inspiratio

Lauren Puscheck
Aug 29, 20216 min read
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5 Ways to Meet Your Fueling Goals During the School Day
For most gymnasts, back-to-school is here (and for many of you, in person classes are starting up again for the first time in a year and a h

Lauren Puscheck
Aug 22, 20215 min read
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Building Nutrition Habits for a Healthy Gymnastics Foundation - Better Late Gymnastics Podcast
Recently I was featured on an episode of the The Better Late Gymnastics Podcast!
We talked all about nutrition specifically for gymnasts, h

Kerry Bair
Aug 15, 20211 min read
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4 Ways to Make Fueling On-The-Go Easier
Gymnasts, being busy and constantly on the go are not reasons to skip meals and snacks. You'll miss the mark on fueling properly to give you

Lauren Puscheck
Aug 15, 20215 min read
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The Balancing Act of a Gymnast
Now, the upcoming school year is upon us... This means a change back to your fall practice schedule, (and a change in focus to get ready for

Lauren Puscheck
Aug 8, 20214 min read
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6 Tips to Feel Confident Heading into Your School Year Schedule
Change can be challenging to deal with in any aspect of life and a change in your practices and fueling schedule can certainly be a daunting

Lauren Puscheck
Aug 1, 20215 min read
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5 Ways to Train for Your Gymnastics Goals Like an Olympian
It's time!! The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games are here! While most people only pay attention to gymnastics during the Olympics, us in the gymnast

Lauren Puscheck
Jul 25, 20216 min read
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How To Fuel A Young Gymnast
Most parents I talk to have no idea what to feed their young gymnast (or for that matter), how to talk to their young child about nutrition.

Lauren Puscheck
Jul 18, 20213 min read
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4 Reasons You Crave Sugar (And What To Do About It)
Carbohydrates (especially sugar) are extremely stigmatized (and sometimes even demonized), not just in the gymnastics community, but by our

Lauren Puscheck
Jul 11, 20214 min read
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Festive 4th of July Recipes!
Need some delicious ideas to bring to your 4th of July party? Here are some festive and summer-y recipes that everyone will enjoy!

Lauren Puscheck
Jul 2, 20217 min read
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What It Takes to Be an Olympic Gymnast
Whether you want to make the Olympics or have your own big goals, every gymnast can train like an Olympian and take the same steps to reach

Lauren Puscheck
Jun 26, 20216 min read
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The 4 Things You Need to Do to Be Your Best During Summer Training
Summer training has started (or will be starting soon for you), which means your daily routine and practice goals will be shifting.

Lauren Puscheck
Jun 19, 20215 min read
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Kerry Bair, RD, LDN, MPH
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