Episode 145: 5 Reasons Gymnastics Parents Wait Too Long to Get Nutrition Support for their Gymnast [REPLAY]

About this episode

The episode discusses why gymnastics parents often delay seeking nutrition support for their athletes and the regrets that follow.

Why do parents wait so long to get nutrition support for their gymnast? No parent has ever told us they started working on nutrition with us and their gymnast "too early". In fact, it's almost always the opposite. When they learn how "off" their gymnast's nutrition was, how their underfueling (or not eating the right things at the right times) played a role in their performance issues and injuries... There is so much regret for not working on nutrition sooner. Bottom line, basically abo...

People in this episode

Host: Christina Anderson

Topics covered

• nutrition support
• gymnastics
• parenting
• performance
• injuries

Keywords

• nutrition
• gymnast
• underfueling
• performance issues
• injuries

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