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Essential Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition Tips for Female Athletes

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It’s not just what you eat that matters, but when. As the saying goes, timing is everything! Female’s nutrition needs are already different from males, with more complex considerations such as your menstruation cycle, your age (perimenopause and beyond), and your activity level. The bottom line is that proper pre- and post-fueling prevents your body […]

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DIY Watermelon LMNT Electrolyte Drink

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What’s a delicious way to replenish essential electrolytes? Get creative… The do-it-yourself approach is especially easy, and fun for making an electrolyte drink. I’ve offered plenty of insight on the topic of staying properly hydrated, especially during the sweaty summer months, which you can see here: How to Make Your Own Sports Drink Sports Drinks

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How to Make Your Own Electrolyte Packet

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Tired of buying expensive electrolyte supplements? You don’t need to spend a small fortune to keep hydrated. Living healthy and achieving optimal performance is the cornerstone of my work, with clients of every age and fitness level. But despite the variety of my clientele, one thing they all have in common is they want to

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Sports Drinks versus Electrolytes

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Training in the summer heat? What do you reach for to stay hydrated and fueled? When it comes to staying hydrated, knowing when to reach for plain water, an electrolyte supplement, or a sports drink can dramatically impact your performance. But what’s the difference? And does it matter? The answer is a resounding “YES”, and

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How to Prevent Dehydration with Electrolytes

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Athletes and active individuals need to drink more than just water. With sweaty summer training, your body’s best friend is sodium. Here in South Carolina, it’s a typical hot and humid summer, and any activity outdoors can take it out of you…sodium that is! Many of my clients are telling me how they’re not feeling

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Hydration Needs for Young Athletes

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Parents listen up! Every summer I work with young athletes to help them understand their hydration needs, and to establish a hydration protocol for parents to help their athlete implement. It’s a “hot” topic every summer (pun intended!), because it’s such a critical component of their health and performance, and the consequences of dehydration are

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Hydration for Athletes – Determining Your Needs

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Are you in tune with your thirst? Most people are not, and many of my clients are not even drinking enough water just to sustain what they need in their daily life. Because water makes up over 70% of our body, proper hydration affects everything from our metabolism, ability to digest food, think clearly and

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Staying Hydrated: A Step-By-Step Approach to Calculating Your Sweat Rate

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Have you considered what your sweat rate is, and how it can easily cause dehydration? You don’t have to stand outside long to know that summer is in full-swing. It’s this time of year that I ask myself why I even bother showering. I sweat just standing out there! Unfortunately, we can’t stop the sweating.

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Training Guide: Heat Acclimation

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Melting in the summer heat while training? Learn key tips for heat acclimation, for safer training and better performance for elite athletes. Chris Giblin with Men’s Fitness Magazine explains how heat acclimation training can help boost fitness performance in his article, The Heat Wave Workout: How to Train in Hot Weather. A study performed at

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Summertime Hydration for Athletes

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Proper hydration in the summertime is a must for athletes! Summer weather is officially here in South Carolina! By summer weather, I mean humidity. Gone are the days of being able to walk outside and not worry about sweating through your shirt. If you are an athlete, these conditions can be extremely dangerous. Here, I

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