Me too! I had always planned on running a marathon at some point in my life, but never really could commit to signing up for one in the near future. Upon moving to a new city a few months ago (now an LA resident!), I found a fitness community...
Read moreTrain, Rest, Recover, Eat?
Whether you are a runner, yogi, gymnast, soccer player, wrestler, or a climber; you have to train in order to improve your skills/technique within your sport or activity. No one is able to just start doing yoga one day and then the next day they...
Read moreKey lime energy balls
I get hungry everyday at 3:00 and if I could I would eat a snickers. I began to bring clif bars everyday to silence my stomach until my evening work out but that began to be a bit expensive. I scoured Pinterest and found this great recipe for...
Read moreYou Are What You Eat
By all means, I am no expert when it comes to food and diet, but I do love to eat. My friends are constantly making fun of me because I am always hungry. Whenever we go somewhere I have to make sure we plan when, where, and what we are eating...
Read moreRace Prep: Power Ginger Smoothie
I have been in a culinary mood of sorts recently, so for my blog I thought I would share this recipe that I have been working on while getting ready for my half marathon this weekend. Power Ginger Smoothie: This little guy is packed with anti...
Read moreCaffeine Craze by Tiffany
In today’s health-trend enthused society, we get a lot of conflicted messages about the effects of what we’re putting into our bodies and caffeine is no exception. Depending on whom you ask, caffeine is either a panacea of energy or an addictive...
Read moreBuild Better Bones By Tiffany
As athletes, most of us know that calcium is important for bones but for many of us, that’s about where our bone mineral savvy ends. What you may not realize is blood calcium is very tightly regulated at 1% which means when dietary calcium is...
Read moreJust Take Two Pineapple Daily By Tiffany
One exception to the myriad benefits of hard training is that inherent and all too familiar foe: inflammation. Unfortunately, the more intense the training, the greater the level of inflammation accrued which bumps up your injury ...
Read moreProtein 101: How much do you really need?
Protein is an essential macronutrient composed of amino acids. There are nine essential amino acids that your body cannot synthesize so you must get them from the diet in order to build the proteins that your body needs. For athletes, protein is...
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