By Jill Lane, Pro-Athlete Health and Nutrition Expert www.JillLane.com They are grasping at straws (pun intended). Sports drinks or not? Energy drinks or not? Carb loading or not? Protein shake or not? With varying sources reporting between 6.5-7.5 million high school athletes in the United States, we have a huge population ripe for empowerment [...]
There is a great quote by business guru Jim Rome (no, not the same as sports television guru Jim Rhome!) that goes something like this “You are the average of the 5 people you hang around most.” I love that quote. I check in on my circle from time to time to see how [...]
Our immune system has ‘game’ as long as we provide the best possible playing field for it to execute its game plan on. To tell you the truth, we can be doing a cruddy job of taking care of ourselves and our immune system will still go to bat for us! Lucky us! But [...]
Summer. Is. Over. Well at least that’s what they say when all the kids go back to school, which should almost be the case by the time you read this blog! It’s been hovering around 100 degrees here in Dallas, so while the kids are in school, the school zone lights are forcing me [...]
Her question came from left field and I wasn’t immediately prepared to answer. A popular fitness and nutrition podcaster was interviewing me about how athletes could stay in peak form at any age. “If you had to pick what 7 foods every athlete, regardless of age, should incorporate into his or her diet regularly, [...]
You Don’t Know if You Don’t Ask. As a nutrition, fitness and health coach for sports minded families and Pro Athletes, the scope of my efforts encompass food intake and training oversight. But when diet and training are maximized and the results are not as expected – what do I do next? We are [...]
Guest Blog by Ultimate Performance Expert Deborah Dubree www.YourClearEdge.com I’m curious – does any of this ever happen to you? You work hard to build your physical strength, flexibility and power. You practice your skills and techniques over and over again to be sure you are fully prepared to play your absolute best. But [...]
By Jill Lane, Pro-Athlete Health and Nutrition Expert www.JillLane.com They are grasping at straws (pun intended). Sports drinks or not? Energy drinks or not? Carb loading or not? Protein shake or not? With varying sources reporting between 6.5-7.5 million high school athletes in the United States, we have a huge population ripe for empowerment [...]
Going Beyond the Obvious… As an athlete, you know the basics to become lean and toned. Eat plenty of protein, high-fiber foods, and healthy fat. Get the nutrients your body demands for peak performance. Incorporate the right exercise and constantly mix things up so you don’t stagnate, or increase your chance of injury. What [...]
How else are they (your kiddos) going to be healthy unless they learn to both identify healthy food and then prepare it for themselves and eventually for their family and friends? I was nodding my head in agreement reading a Time Magazine article just recently entitled How To Eat Now with the tag line [...]
