Thursday
Feb252010
Check out these short blog posts on post-exercise recovery
Check out these blog posts from NBC's Olympic Health site:
Plenty of people hate cooking. Even for elite athletes, kitchen time can be as popular as running laps up stadium stairs. In their case, however, athletic success depends, in large part, on proper nutrition.
Learning how aerialists recover from high-level workouts
Freestyle skiers' rigorous training isn't quite over when they leave the mountain or the weight room. Refueling after a workout can be just as important as that extra squat-and a science unto itself. So how does women's aerialist Emily Cook do it?
For anyone versed in endurance sports like cycling and triathlon, energy gels are as familiar as the sweat it takes to do the sports.The small packets of syrupy-like concoctions generally contain about 100 calories' worth of fast-burning carbohydrate that helps top off levels of blood-glucuose, an essential fuel for muscles. It turns out endurance athletes aren't the only fans. U.S. Olympic hockey team defenseman Brian Rafalski relies on energy gels to sustain him through most games.





Greg D. Wells, Ph.D.
Reader Comments (2)
This catches my attention the most, When fast food isn’t an option?
For me, it's always best to cook our own food coz we will know what food we are taking..And of course we should cook the healthiest food for ourselves!
Stay Healthy!
Really good information thank you all.