Fuel up: Power-Packed Meal Ideas for Athletes

My favorite meals for athletes! Refuel your energy with this list below.

How to know when your fueling plan is working

Written by Kate Cochran, Nutrition Intern
Fueling properly for your sport can feel both straightforward and surprisingly complex. For endurance runners, a solid baseline is three balanced meals focused on carbs for energy, protein for recovery, and fats for satiety, with snacks in between.

Easy Nutritious College Athlete Meal Ideas

In college, when focusing on countless things such as school work and athletics, it can be difficult to find nutritious balanced meals on campus and time consuming to take all that effort to cook something complicated.

7 Nutrition Myths Every Athlete Should Stop Believing

By Kate Cochran, NYU Cross Country Athlete. As an athlete, I often come across all kinds of advice—on how to eat, train, and recover—and it can be hard to know what really works. With social media playing such a big role in how we share and learn information, especially from influencers and fitness personalities, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content out there.

Lost Your Period? Here’s How Low Estrogen Could Be Impacting Your Performance

If you’re a female athlete, getting your period is really important. There are many ways that you can use your cycle to your advantage in your sport and in life. When I started running in high school, there was this widespread belief—one that I hope is starting to fade—that losing your period was a sign of being in “peak fitness.”

College Runner Meal Routine: Fuel, Run, Repeat

Name: Lucy Gott 
Age: 21 
From: Northern California 
School: NYU 

Iron for endurance athletes

Iron is essential for endurance athletes because it supports oxygen transport, energy production (ATP), cognitive function (including decision-making), and a healthy immune system. Without adequate iron, the body struggles to deliver oxygen to muscles and produce the energy needed for optimal performance. Our bodies cannot make iron, it must be obtained through the diet.

Signs and Symptoms of an Eating Disorder

TW: This content includes references to eating disorders and body image, which may be a sensitive topic to some readers.

Eating disorders can show up in many different ways, making them difficult to recognize at times.

DIY Electrolyte Drink

Here are a couple of DIY electrolyte drinks that are favorites among the NYU Track and Field team:

How to prevent GI issues in runners

We all know far too well that gastrointestinal issues can derail a training run or race physically and mentally. Cramping, bloating, and diarrhea can quickly worsen dehydration and become very painful or even debilitating. In this post, I outline some easy strategies to help you feel better and improve performance when facing GI issues. By following these nutrition strategies, one can improve symptoms and performance as a whole.