The Gymnast Nutritionist® Podcast

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Ep 215: The Real Cost of Waiting to Fix Your Gymnast's Fueling

Ep 215: The Real Cost of Waiting to Fix Your Gymnast's Fueling21 sept22 min

"Let's see how she does once season starts." "She's growing, so this is probably normal." "We'll deal with it if it becomes a bigger problem." If any of that sounds familiar, this episode is for you. Christina makes the case that waiting doesn't keep your gymnast at baseline — if there's an underlying fueling problem, and most of the time there is, she keeps accumulating nutritional and physical consequences the whole time you wait. Christina opens up about her own six-month struggle with her...