Fuel your body the right way for peak performance!

In lay terms, 'bonking' occurs because athletes either don't eat or don't eat enough prior to intensive training or competition. When you exhaust your energy stores you feel like dirt.

Carrying food with you is one solution to common nutrition problems. World-class athletes have long known that a backpack, gym bag, or locker can make a great training table.

While the rest of the world struggles to lose a few pounds, for some athletes often the hardest thing to do is to gain weight.

A look at the use of caffeine as a performance enhancer for endurance athletes.

Carbohydrate loading can help the endurance athlete store an increased amount of muscle glycogen for the stresses of a long distance event.

Many competitive athletes and coaches believe that they should avoid food for several hours before competition. Others wonder if they should snack, perhaps on an energy bar, and a few are so nervous that even the thought of food is nauseating. So what is the truth?

It is tough to eat on the road when traveling as an athlete. Fast food is not always the best choice, however, there are good fast food choices you can make.

Ephedra is a key ingredient in a wide variety of products sold in health food stores, fitness clubs, gyms, and over the internet promising weight loss, increased energy, and better athletic performance. However, ephedra has been linked to a number of deaths and potential health problems.

Athletes wanting to lose body fat or maintain a low body weight often need to reduce their caloric intake. In the best of all worlds these athletes want to consume a lower calorie diet, but not feel hungry all the time; is that possible?

To fuel power workouts, enhance stamina, energy, strength and quickness, athletes need to eat and drink the proper foods. Use these recommendations.

Tips concerning the proper use of water, sports drinks, and electrolytes for fluid replacement for the active athlete.

Are you using or thinking about using an herbal supplement to help your athletic performance? Is so, here are some tips...

Five important points and strategies to help you gain weight the right way.

Dieting, binge-eating, and food obsession are not confined to overweight people. They are also prevalent among normalweight and lightweight groups, including athletes...

Many products marketed as dietary supplements and claimed to be effective as aids to weight loss, weight gain, relaxation, strength improvements, mental concentration, and endurance performance are basically unregulated. There are no assurance that any supplement works are intended, is safe, or contains what is listed on the label.

Wondering if those newflangled "energy drinks" are worth the money? Maybe. Maybe not.

U.S. Olympic Skeleton athlete Tricia Stumpf talks about the importance of balance in nutrition, training, and rest to be your competitive best!

The number of women participating in endurance sports has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. This has led to a great interest in the special needs nutritionally of female performance athletes.

Many high school athletes ask how they can "bulk up" to have a chance against bigger and stronger members of their own team or the competition. The basis for gaining muscle begins with sound strength training program and proper calories.

Updated information on how nutrition effects performance. Information on diet and how nutrition effects strength. The use of protein, vitamins and mineral supplements and amino acids are discussed.

Every athlete has questions about nutrition, and the questions are endless as they relate to athletic performance. Here are some common questions about weight gain, weight loss, using supplements, and recovery.

With ever changing athletic competition schedules and travel, athletes are having to make difficult decisions about what to eat before they compete.

How much protein does it really take to build muscle? Before you believe in everything you read in the "muscle magazines," read this!

You can spend a fortune on these pre-wrapped bundles of energy. Are they worth it? Some athletes swear yes, and others claim no. To help you decide here are some facts...

Some over the counter nutritional supplements may not be listing all of their ingredients on the label. Taking supplements can be putting you at risk!

While America's top athletes are offered free dietary supplements at the U.S. Olympic Training Centers, the leader of the nation's anti-doping agency tells budding Olympians to not even take a multi-vitamin.

Maximizing hydration is important since as little as two percent loss of body weight by dehydration may compromise peak athletic performance.

Creatine is a hot supplement in the sports world today. What are the benefits, risks, and costs of using it.

Ask a dozen successful athletes what they eat before a competition and chances are you'll get a dozen different answers. The 'secret' of what to eat and what not to eat before a competition is no secret at all. You must simply find a way of eating that works for you - and stick to it.

Sports nutritionists have for years recommended a carbohydrate rich diet for athletes. The latest research now shows that the quality of your workout depends not just on what you eat, but when you eat it.