Eat like a kid: Save money and calories

We all know that portions have gotten out of control over the last couple decades in restaurants, but that doesn’t mean that your portions have to be dictated by what they give you.  Also, your portions at home are in YOUR control… you are the one who is in control over how much you eat.  [...]

A common complaint among women of childbearing age is having a toned upper abdominal area, but a bulging lower abdomen.  Not only can this be frustrating cosmetically for women, but it can also be related to stress urinary incontinence.  Stress urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine during physical exertion; commonly running and jumping [...]

This past weekend I had a great opportunity to give a swim clinic to a team in Mansfield, Texas. One of my favorite things about having progressed to the top level of swimming is getting to work with younger kids at swim clinics and camps. I remember how inspirational Olympic athletes were to me when [...]

(Click “Read more” below for a link to enter.)  What better way to promote healthy eating for athletes (Or anyone!) than to give away a simple kitchen appliance that can be used to make all kinds of healthy foods! With that in mind, we created the AthleticFoodie Panini Press Giveaway, a fun promotion on our [...]

Mexican Madness: finding fuel for the fire

From my eat anything days as a young varsity volleyball player, through the structured regiment of a heptathlete / 400m hurdler –  to becoming a world class Skeleton Racer, I haven’t needed a lot of convincing that food was my fuel; that what I put into my body had [...]

Many athletes complain of fatigue either during or post training.  If you are fighting fatigue in your workouts or post workout, you may not be fueling properly or recovering properly. Sports nutrition for athletes is all about composition and timing of meals and snacks.  If your composition and timing are even slightly off, it could [...]

Custom orthotics are devices to help align your feet, to prevent injuries and treat painful conditions.  In most cases, they are designed to decrease over pronation or the foot rolling inward.  Pronation is a natural motion of the foot, helping to absorb body weight when the body is in motion. When the foot pronates too much, [...]

Those of us at AthleticFoodie want to update our readers.  Starting very soon, we will be expanding our information services that we provide to you.  Future blogs posts will be from licensed physical therapists, massage therapists, a chiropractor, personal trainers, Pilates and Yoga instructors and women’s health issues to name a few.
We are trying to [...]

Arriving in Copenhagen for my three week stage at Noma, I was both excited and a bit anxious. From staging in Italy, France, New York, Milwaukee, and Austin, I knew the work would be long, tedious, and physically difficult. I flew to Copenhagen only one day after finishing my swim season which took me to [...]

(Click “Read more” below for a link to enter.)  What better way to promote healthy eating than to give away a simple kitchen appliance that can be used to make all kinds of healthy foods! With that in mind, we created the AthleticFoodie Panini Press Giveaway, a fun promotion on our Facebook page. We’re hoping [...]