The Road to Olympic Gold: What It Takes to Be an Elite Gymnast
Uncover the secrets of Olympic gymnast nutrition and recovery techniques. Discover what elite gymnasts eat and how they optimize their perfo
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Kerry Bair
- May 1
- 8 min
3 Ways Nutrition Will Help You Reach Your Gymnastics Goals This Off Season
Fuel your gymnastics off-season with the right nutrition! Discover how to optimize your diet for recovery, strength building, and learning n
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Kira Dean
- Apr 27
- 6 min
The Impact of Under Fueling and Relative Energy Deficiency in Gymnasts: What You Need to Know
Discover the real impact of Energy Deficiency in Gymnasts. Uncover the signs, symptoms, and strategies to fuel your body for optimal perform
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Kira Dean
- Apr 18
- 5 min
Optimizing Recovery: Nutrition Tips for Gymnasts After Competition Season
Discover the secret to optimal recovery for gymnasts after competition season. Uncover the importance of nutrition and performance plates.
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Kira Dean
- Apr 13
- 6 min
Taking A TEAM Approach To Gymnast Nutrition
Discover how to integrate proper gymnast nutrition into your team's culture. Get the Fueled Gymnast Team Toolkit for evidence-based nutritio
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Kira Dean
- Mar 2
- 7 min
3 Ways A Gymnast Can Fuel Up To Reverse The Mid-Season Slump
Feeling the mid-season slump? Discover how to fuel your body for more energy, improved recovery, and peak performance at states, regionals,
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Kira Dean
- Feb 9
- 6 min
How To Refuel Effectively After A Gymnastics Competition: A Registered Dietitian's Best Post-Competition Nutrition Tips
Discover the best post-competition nutrition tips for gymnasts. Learn how to refuel effectively after a meet to reduce recovery time and boo
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Kerry Bair
- Dec 8, 2023
- 7 min
Optimizing Gymnastics Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide to Snacks for Enhanced Performance
Discover the ultimate guide to optimizing gymnastics nutrition with snacks for enhanced performance. Fuel your body with the right snacks!
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Kerry Bair
- Dec 2, 2023
- 10 min
Fueling the Body: Exploring the Importance of Nutrition in Preventing Gymnastics Injuries
Food makes up the building blocks that the body uses to build, grow, recover, and repair. Without enough food and enough of the right nutrie
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Kerry Bair
- Oct 14, 2023
- 5 min
5 Common Nutrition Mistakes Gymnasts Make Before Training and How to Avoid Them
Are you making any of these major mistakes before you head to the gym? As a Registered Dietitian for gymnasts, I see so many gymnasts making
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Kerry Bair
- Sep 23, 2023
- 5 min
5 Reasons Your Energy Suffers During Gymnastics Practice and How to Boost It
Many high-level gymnasts face the challenge of maintaining energy levels throughout the day and especially during their workouts due to thei
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Kerry Bair
- Sep 16, 2023
- 4 min
4 Ways Gymnasts Can Get Ready for Meet Day NOW
4 ways you can start preparing for meet day NOW (instead of panicking the night before...)
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Kerry Bair
- Sep 6, 2023
- 6 min
The Vital Role of Recovery Nutrition for High Level Gymnasts: Why Eating at Night Matters
Dinner (or any meal or snack at the end of a long day) can be a difficult meal to figure out for many gymnasts because of the logistics of g
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Savannah Kooyman
- Jul 27, 2023
- 4 min
Playing The Long Game Of Gymnastics
Longevity in the sport of gymnastics is all about keeping your gymnasts healthy and happy, so they can stay in the sport as long as they wan
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Savannah Kooyman
- Jul 20, 2023
- 5 min
Relative Energy Deficiency in Gymnasts (RED-S)
Energy availability is the difference between the energy (aka calories) you take in (through eating) and the energy you use through everyday
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Savannah Kooyman
- Jul 7, 2023
- 5 min
The 4 R's of Recovery
A gymnast's body is in a constant state of recovery. In order to be able to actually get stronger and adapt to your training, a gymnast nee
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Savannah Kooyman
- Jun 2, 2023
- 10 min
4 Reasons Why Gymnasts Struggle Through Summer Training and 4 Things You Can Do To Help
It’s not uncommon once summer hits that gymnasts tend to struggle with fueling their bodies for performance. With less of a structured sched
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Kerry Bair
- Feb 24, 2023
- 8 min
Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, and Gymnastics
Unfortunately, athletes, especially aesthetic athletes are at an even higher risk of developing an eating disorder; the sport of gymnastics
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Kerry Bair
- Feb 4, 2023
- 4 min
5 Things That Happen To A Gymnast When They Don't Fuel At 100%
As a gymnast, I know you are under a ton of pressure to perform your best. You have big goals for yourself. You have to live up to your coac
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Kerry Bair
- Jan 7, 2023
- 4 min
The Most Common Fueling Mistakes Gymnasts Make Before A Competition
In an effort to be too perfect, as a Registered Dietitian for gymnasts, I see so many gymnasts making major mistakes! Mistakes that are actu
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Kerry Bair, RD, LDN, MPH
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