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Kale chips … mmm…

Kale chips … mmm…

Our Food Standards and How we Stick to the them

What do you eat?

Spears Strongers ask Jonathan and me this often and I love to share our story of food progression. I also love to let you all know our challenges with nutrition and how we’ve progressed and continue to progress over time to improve it.

Because, well, Nutrition is hard and we’re far from perfect. But it’s not hard for the reasons you might think. At its core, good nutrition is simple and it can really be boiled down to a fact that has stood the test of time and all the trends, from Atkins to Keto to Intermittent Fasting:

Eat more vegetables.

Dog Mountain: Lessons in hydration and breathing

How much you drink during and after exercise is important, but even more important is how much water you’re taking in the hours and even days leading up to a big event. 

That big event could be a strenuous activity like climbing Dog Mountain, or it could be enduring an excessive heat wave. Either way, the rules of hydration need to be followed. Break those rules and your body has to work much harder at everything from walking to digesting your food.