Reduce Muscle Soreness and Improve Your Running (with FOOD!) with Kylee Van Horn, RD
Release Date: 11/23/2023
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info_outlineKylee Van Horn is the founder Fly Nutrition, which offers nutrition and coaching services to endurance athletes. She works with many elite trail and road runners and is also a runner and a coach, and writes a featured bi-monthly column for Trail Runner Magazine.
When it comes to nutrition, misunderstandings abound among athletes. My conversation with Kylee covers a broad range of topics to help you better understand both the basics and nuances of fueling, and avoid common mistakes.
Some of our discussion topics include:
- Common diet mistakes in endurance athletes
- Understanding what it means to eat enough
- Simple habit changes to improve your fueling
- Learning to eat intuitively AND intentionally
- How to incorporate more protein throughout your day
- The role of nutrition in reducing muscle soreness
Kylee simplifies the complexities of nutrition and can help you create a strategy to improve your own fueling. Enjoy our conversation!
Links & Resources from the Show:
- Check out Fly Nutrition
- Follow Fly Nutrition on Facebook and Instagram
- Learn more about Kylee and Microcosm Coaching
- Download a bonus podcast with another registered dietitian
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