Episode 198: How to Fuel Your Gymnast for Summer Upgrade Season

About this episode

Christina discusses the importance of nutrition for gymnasts during summer training to achieve their goals and upgrades.

Is your gymnast heading into summer training with big goals, upgrade dreams, or hopes of moving up a level this fall? Summer in gymnastics may be short, but it is one of the most important times of year for building strength, power, endurance, and new skills. But your gymnast cannot get stronger, recover well, or make the most of upgrade season if they are under-fueled. In this episode, Christina breaks down why summer training requires a different level of nutrition support, especially when ...

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Host: Christina Anderson

Topics covered

• gymnastics nutrition
• summer training
• strength building
• endurance
• skill development

Keywords

• gymnast nutrition
• summer training
• fueling athletes
• strength
• power
• endurance
• upgrade season

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