What do you do if your gymnast is “underweight” or has been diagnosed with an eating disorder, lost her period, or has what’s called “relative energy deficiency in sport”?Or, what if your pediatrician tells you your gymnast is not growing, and you need to start...
For many of gymnasts, season is coming to a close which means summer or “off season” is right around the corner for Junior Olympic/Developmental Program Gymnasts. Elite season has just begun. Everyone is itching for summer break and in gymnastics terms...
What are the first words you think of when I say the word dietitian or nutritionist? If you thought “meal plan”, then you are spot on. Especially in the sport of gymnastics, many gymnasts, parents, and coaches thrive off of predictability and consistency. When it...
Oh the “gymnast body”, the highly coveted physique supported by unwritten rules in a sport trapped in diet culture. There is no one “gymnast body”. There is a lot of confusion about the gymnast body, especially the growing gymnast body. A lot of career ending mistakes...
We’ve all been there as female gymnasts.While getting your period is the “entry into womanhood”, most young gymnasts think this monthly visitor is a total nuisance.Premenstrual syndrome can be very distracting from performance and overall fueling, and many of the...
