Happy Sweet-Tooth Friday! This is Christine and instead of my normal frilly-healthy-dessert post, today we are getting down and dirty with homemade vegan superfood energy bars.
An energy bar fit for fueling workouts
There has been a lot of talk about natural running fuel here lately. Matt's series of posts on pre, during, and post workout nutrition [...]
After having a lot of fun researching exercise nutrition for the previous two posts in this series, those on pre-workout nutrition and recovery drinks, I figured the "during the run" post would be a breeze. After all, everyone drinks (or eats) something during his or her run; only those who take fitness more seriously bother [...]
Everyone loves the post-workout meal. It serves as a reward, a celebration of having worked your ass off, and it's a fantastic excuse to eat some of the sugars and simple carbs that we avoid most other times.
People are fond of believing that a glass of chocolate milk is the perfect post-workout meal. As someone [...]
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What to eat pre-workout has long been an area of uncertainty for runners and athletes. Should we just eat the same stuff we consume during a workout or race? What about a simple protein drink or meal-replacement shake? Far too often, the result of my confusion has been a few swigs of Gatorade, [...]
Chia seeds are all over the health blogosphere these days, so much so that I was beginning to think they were a fad superfood. But then Brendan Brazier included them in Thrive Fitness, and with all the research he does for his books and career, I tend to trust ol' B-squared when it comes to [...]
In case you're one of the six remaining runners on the planet who have yet to read Born to Run, allow me to explain. The Tarahumara are "the running people" on which most of the book is based, a Mexican tribe of superathletes who run 50 or 100 miles at a time for pure enjoyment, [...]
Happy Sweet-Tooth Friday! It's Christine here with your healthy dessert recipe of the week. With all the sugary Halloween candy going around, I thought it would be nice to explore an alternative sweetener like stevia!
Is stevia safe?
After a not-so-great first experience with stevia and pumpkin, I vowed to do some more research on stevia to [...]
A lot of people make the same mistake in how they eat before a marathon — they wait until the night before the race to eat their big meal. If you're only going to eat one big meal before the race, make it lunch instead. This gives your body more time to process the nutrients, [...]
Hello my healthy Sweet-Toothers! Friday has finally arrived, so it's Christine here with another STF! This week I've got a great recipe for you that I wasn't quite sure what to call. I was leaning towards Everything-But-the-Kitchen-Sink bars, or Anything-Goes bars, but I think my boyfriend Greg summed it up nicely by calling them (with [...]
Whew! I just got back from my 20-miler this morning, that which was postponed due to my feeling like crap when I woke up yesterday. All better today though!
I did it in 2:38:54, a 7:56 minute-per-mile pace. This is a little slower than the 7:45 I was shooting for. My temptation is to list a [...]
Hi there, I'm Matt. I went vegetarian last March, and almost immediately I became a much stronger runner. I recently qualified for the Boston Marathon; now it's on to my first 50-miler!
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