Nutrition
fuel for training
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Steaming Vegetables Healthy Meal
I love my steamed veggies, especially when I put them in tomato soup with black beans. Yum. I’ll probably mention this a few more times though …
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Healthy Food – Eat Like a Bodybuilder
This is an example of my recovery evening meal the day after a 10 mile training run on the trails in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah County. I ran a connector of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail near the power towers on the bench below Mount Timpanogos yesterday. Today I had mostly protein shakes during the day, and a massage to work out my IT Band issues, and tonight I’m having steamed chicken breast strips with steamed broccoli and steamed cauliflower. This is actually quite similar to the types of meals bodybuilders eat to rebuild muscle after their intense training. Though if they’re large enough, they’d have it 3 or 4…
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Fresh Raspberry and Protein Yogurt
Great sale at City Market on fresh raspberries, so I got a couple packs for my protein yogurt snack. Poured them on top after rinsing, then ate without stirring. Yummy
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Smoothies: for Adults or sugar overload?
I’ve long been a fan of Shawn Phillips, author of Strength for Life: The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life. Over the past few years, I’ve become somewhat more than a Facebook Friend. In September of 2010 I was curled up in a ball in my bunk in the Barrels Huts at 12,000′. I drank some bad water and had severe diarrhea and cramps that almost stopped me from successfully qualifying for the Elbrus Race 2010, a mountain running race to the summit of 18,510 ft (5642 meters) Mount Elbrus, highest peak in Europe and one of the Seven Summits. Shawn called to cheer me up, and help…
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Very Berry Protein Yogurt
This is a total treat, right up there with ice cream, but way better for you. In a bowl stir together: 1 cup fat-free plain yogurt 1 scoop strawberry protein powder gently stir in: 1/2 cup mixed frozen berries It’s great to start eating right away, as the berries seem to thaw as you stir and eat, leaving some ice crystals for chewy surprise texture.
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Protein goes mainstream