Welcome to the Monthly Research Round Up! The goal of this round up is to provide you, the reader, with a curated place to come learn about the most cutting edge research focused on sport.
Weight loss is often seen as the end all be all of health, but is that truly the case? Dr. Ashley Bent explores many questions surrounding weight loss, and reframes how we look at food and exercise.
One of the most reliable ways for an athlete to improve their performance is to maintain a proper diet. There are a few general rules about what an athlete should eat before and after a workout in order to have enough energy to perform, as well as aid in recovery.
Learn what it takes to get all the nutrition that an Olympic Weightlifter needs by exploring the diet of Abby Raymond. There are many constraints that an elite athlete must consider in their diet, including anti-doping rules, so Raymond uses a food-first approach. The food-first approach is a diet that does not need any nutritional supplementation outside of what the food itself already provides.