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The Best Performance Food for Every Activity
Twenty years ago, performance nutrition meant water and a banana. Today, it more closely resembles a science experiment, with neon-colored gels, powders, gummies, and an endless stream of protein and...
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The Vitamins Every Athlete Actually Needs
While most people pay attention to their macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fat), they often forget about watching their micronutrients—the vitamins and minerals in foods. “Micronutrients are...
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Going Vegan Can* Be a Huge Performance Booster
Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving—one of the best players on one of the NBA’s best teams—recently made the switch to a vegan diet. So did Portland Trailblazers all-star point guard Damian Lillard and...
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The Nut Butters Our Editors Love
At Outside, we’re always trying to sneak in lunch runs, after-work mountain bike rides, and weekends above 10,000 feet. All that adventuring requires the right type of fuel—the kind that’s...
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A Spirited Defense of Protein Powder
Anti-protein powder sentiment is brewing in some circles of the outdoor community. Six months ago, I wrote this piece, which recommends a few good protein powders. Many reader reactions were, to put it...
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Eat This to Build Muscle
When it comes to building muscle, what you put into your body is just as important as the time you spend in the gym. Muscles are made from protein, so they need more of it to grow, says Gabbi Berkow, a...
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8 Foods to Calm a Weak Stomach
For many runners, stomach pain is a nagging constant, and the culprit is often food. “Runners with GI distress don’t necessarily have weak stomachs. They’re just eating the wrong things in the wrong...
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5 Athletes on How to Turn Toast into a Power Meal
Athletes are often told to stay away from simple sugars—like the kind found in white bread—unless they need an immediate energy boost. But after years of exile, the stuff may have a place in the world...
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The Simple Meal That's Powering Team USA
Team USA is on the ground in Pyeongchang, South Korea, primed and ready to compete on the world’s largest stage. As a staff prone to geeking out about how nutrition affects performance, we were...
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Elite Athletes Have Some Strange Eating Habits
It’s no secret athletes eat some weird shit. That’s the case for a number of reasons. They need to eat more calories than the average person to keep up with their loaded workout schedule. They spend...
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How to Use Caffeine on Race Day
You’ll find caffeine everywhere on the endurance circuit, popping up in a slew of products—powders, gels, drink, chews, gums, and even sprays. Evidence of its potential as a performance enhancer has...
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Our Editors' Favorite Snacks
Here in Santa Fe, we spend most of our free time doing things that require lots of energy—days at the crag, long runs and rides on buttery singletrack, mornings skinning up the local ski hill, and a...
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The Secret to Dieting Success? Sleep
Spring is fast approaching. For many of you, that means a race is on the horizon, so it’s time to turn up your training, dial in your diet, and rebuild your trail legs. But as you begin this...
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Step Up Your Weekday Lunch Game
When midday hunger hits and you realize you have nothing to eat, it’s easy to turn to an unhealthy option. “All of us do it. You’re grabbing this and grabbing that, and then you end up with poor...
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9 Foods Athletes Should Eat Every Day
“What should I eat?” It’s a loaded question, one that people have been Googling en masse for more than a decade. The specifics of that answer depend on your goals—if you’re trying to shed a few pounds,...
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An Athlete's Guide to #Trending Diets
Changing up your nutrition can make a huge difference in your performance, but if you decide to try out a new kind of approach, there are some things to consider first. Most specialized diets weren’t...
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The Best New Packaged Foods for Athletes
Food companies finally get it—you want to eat nutritious foods that actually taste good, even when you’re away from the kitchen. New packaged products make it easier to do just that. Every item on this...
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The Best Ways to Hydrate, According to Us
Dehydration is a total, potentially dangerous buzzkill. Here’s what our editors drink to make sure it doesn’t strike on the trail and in the office. Cusa Premium Instant Tea ($10 for a 10-Pack)...
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Should Fuel Your Next Adventure
In 1901, food writer Julia David Chandler announced a new recipe in the Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics: “Try making sandwiches…of three very thin layers of...
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The Supplements Experts Take
“Supplements are notoriously unreliable,” says Kyle Pfaffenbach, nutrition consultant for the Brooks Beasts track club. Research shows there are plenty of reasons to avoid them, including the...
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