by Christina Crowder Anderson MS, RDN, CSP, CDE, CSSD | May 15, 2020 | Gymnastics Nutrition
Are carbohydrates “bad” for the gymnast? And by “bad” what most coaches and parents really think is “fattening, inflammatory, addictive”. These days, the term carbohydrate or “carbs” is practically synonymous with profanity in the...
by Christina Crowder Anderson MS, RDN, CSP, CDE, CSSD | Mar 11, 2020 | Gymnastics Nutrition
Gymnastics is an aesthetic sport, defined as “concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty”. This can be problematic as our appreciation for body diversity within the sport of gymnastics is not quite where it should be, but things have improved. The truth is,...