Learn how you can maintain your fitness and training regime while on vacation. This video demonstration shows you a 30-minute body-weight workout you can do anywhere. Well, I thought the time would never come… I’m going on vacation! I will be spending my birthday watching U2 play in concert, and then topping it off with […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Vacationing, The Healthy(er) Approach, Fitness Edition

Grab a friend and watch this video to learn how to get a fun total-body workout for two that will get you both in great shape. Let’s face it, there are times (lots of times) where we’d rather do anything besides work out. Throughout this past year, this issue was especially hard for me because, […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Work the Buddy System, A Total-Body Workout to do with Your Friend

Training on a low-carb diet? Learn the science behind why high-fat / low-carb diets fail to support endurance athletes. Let’s review on a more scientific level about the effects of low-carbohydrate diets in endurance athletes. Also, check out this post by Guest Blogger, Hannah Giangaspro, Exercise Science and Nutrition Intern, where she shares how a […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - A Scientific Approach to Low-Carb Diets in Endurance Athletes

In this video, Guest Blogger, Hannah Giangaspro, Exercise Science and Nutrition Intern explains the three ingredients that make the perfect protein shake. We’ve all seen those big dudes at the gym walking around like the Incredible Hulk, poking their chests out, and staring at themselves in the mirror. I can’t help but acknowledge that there […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Building the Perfect Protein Shake

Fueling early on in the season requires a different approach for endurance athletes, than the middle and late season. A solid sports nutrition plan can make or break your performance. You have your race calendar all mapped out with you’re A race and all the little ones that will be part of your training schedule. […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - The Endurance Athletes Guide to Fueling Early in the Season

ATTENTION: IF YOU ARE AN ENDURANCE ATHLETE THIS IS A MUST READ! Bikers, swimmers, and runners… that means you! When I was a triathlete, I thought the key to success was pounding the pavement for miles and miles, stretching and rolling out afterwards, and nothing else (except a 20-mile bike ride on Sunday… that was […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Perform Like a Pro - Power Boosting Leg and Core Workout

So you want to know if you really need a post-workout snack? My answer is exactly the same as it is to if you were asking about a pre-workout snack…YES! (If you want to read more on pre-workout snacks, click here). The reason is simple: recovery. But what exactly does recovery mean and what can […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Do I Really Need A Post-Workout Snack

Welcome, to our last and final week of our push-up series! This video demonstration shows how to properly do a push-up to a ‘T’. The push-up’s versatility has inspired us to create a video series that highlights four different types of push-ups with unique characteristics that, together, will make you lean and mean. Watch our […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - How to do a Push-up to a T

As part of our push-up video series, this demonstrates how to do a combo push-up with 3 different leg movements. This combo push-up works in all three planes of motion, sagittal plane, frontal plane, and transverse plane. The push-up’s versatility has inspired us to create a video series that highlights four different types of push-ups […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Combo Push-Up, A How-To

As part of our push-up video series, learn how to properly do a plyo push-up! Push-ups are a great strength-training exercise you can do anywhere. They can target different muscles and aspects in your training programs that really gets your heart pumping. The push-up’s versatility has inspired us to create a video series that highlights […]

Kristen Ziesmer, Sports Dietitian - Plyo Push-Up, A How To