Healthy & Easy Snacking for Gymnasts: Pre, During & Post Workout Printable

So, I've got to confess, I fell off this amazing clean eating that gave me this powerful energy in and out of the gym. I blame the pregnancy for my indulging in ridiculous amounts of dairy, donuts and chocolate for my meals snackin'. With 10 more weeks to go until we get to meet this little gymmy doing flips in my tummy, I'm getting the household back on track with healthy, clean eating.

Foot down, are you ready to do the same?

For you all out there scrambling to find EASY snacks for your amazing gymnast. Here is a list I made. I now keep it on my fridge and use it as a reference to keep us in full swing.

Pre-Workout Snacks 

•Apple & nut butter
•Bananas & peanut butter
•Cottage cheese & fruit
•Avocado
•Small bowl of cereal
•Whole grain english muffin
•Pita bread with hummus
•Fig newtons
•Trail mix
•Veggie strips
•Energy bar

Mid Workout Snacks 

•Grapes
•Kiwi slices
•Cut Papaya cubes
•Sunflower seeds

Post Workout Snacks 

•Banana
•Coconut Water
•Fresh fruit juice
•Pineapple
•Veggie Juice
•Dates & Nuts
•Cherries
•Natural Peanut butter & apple wrap
•Sweet potato
•Frozen grapes
•edamame

I'm hoping this list will help you out when you are trying to pick snacks out for your gymnast. It doesn’t always have to be an Iced Milo and a bag of chips. Mix it up!

Since you read through the whole thing I will reward you with a freebie.

Now all I need you to print this out, post it on your fridge & fuel those bodies! 

Download the Pre, During & Post Workout Printable by clicking here & saving from Slideshare!

Round-Off Back Handspring Double YUM!

For some feeding a gymnast is like pulling teeth, you can't seem to get her to eat. While keeping in mind that she can't simply be eating a well balanced diet if it holds up any longer, you feel like just anything would do. Before you reach for those french fries and sugar packed cereal, remember what she puts into her body effects her performances. I'm certain you all want that drive home to be a joyous recap of all the awesome stuff she did at practice.

Not to worry, eating healthy is not so drab as it sounds. In fact, it's exactly the opposite. I've collected 10.0 snack recipes that fit perfectly for a gymnastics family. Each recipe is easy to make, packed with nutritional value to fuel top performances and most of all, yummay!

Eating Right for Myself and My Gymnasts

When it comes to eating right and nutrition practicing what I preach to my gymnasts is a little hard but I'm stickin' to it. Knowing that if my body is in top form, they might follow suit. 

What is Sports Nutrition for a Gymnast?

Today is the day that you begin to enhance your gymnasts' performances. 

As gymnasts, they already know that they need to work hard preparing their bodies physically so they are the best they can be.

You want to insure their body is doing everything in the correct manner from start to finish.

They may spend hours perfecting even the simplest  movements. They also work extremely hard to build  muscle to enhance how well they can run, punch, flip and swing. Or, they may spend countless hours pushing their body and mind to just go backwards. All of these things are essential parts to being a successful gymnast. There is no doubt about that. But, that is not all that you need to handle either.

Out of the Gym Work Outs

Besides planning their routine, the next set of reps and the next competition, they should be concentrating on their nutrition. Think about it. What their body eats is what makes it move. What they put into their body is the fuel it will use to do the things that they want it to do. What they do not put into the body can not help them to succeed either. While it may sound hard to determine what the right products are, it does not have to be. As gymnasts, they need to focus their time on nutrition as much as they focus it on their workouts.

Everyone (gymnast, coach, gym mom and dad) should should take the time to learn about what our body needs, how it reacts to the foods we put into it and how well it will perform based on the fuels we provide it. 

What are some of the foods that make you feel awesome, on top of your game? What foods make you feel sluggish? 

Quinoa Energy Bar Recipe

This Quinoa Energy Bar recipe is perfect for before or during practice. It has the perfect combination of simple & complex carbs that are need to ENERGIZE and SUSTAIN a practice. 

What makes these better than the store bought energy bar/granola bar/protein bar? *minimizing processed food, dyes, food additives, sugar and fat...to name few. 

Remember athletes, every choice you make to more natural whole based foods, you are making a step for a more successful practices!!