Choosing Healthy, Delicious Snacks For Stand-up Paddleboarding
You should avoid snacks that are particularly carb-heavy or have a high fat content, like potato chips. It is also important to avoid anything with a high sugar content, like a candy bar, as you definitely don’t want that sugar crash a couple of hours later when you’re out on the water.
How To Practice Paddleboarding Safely When You Have Diabetes
After becoming the Association of Paddle Professional's Overall World Champion of 2017, Fiona Wylde has proven that even people with diabetes can overcome challenges posed by the disease and reach the pinnacle of the fast-growing sport of stand up paddleboarding (SUP).
Best Carb Choices For Very Active Paddlers
Carbohydrates are a vital component of a healthy, balanced diet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They are also the primary source of fuel for nearly all types of exercise, including paddling, and are an essential dietary component for both athletic performance and overall wellbeing.
Summer Nutrition 101: Everything Your Body Needs To Stay On Top
From June to August, we are more likely to lose hydration and energy because of the hot temperatures. Therefore, you need to ensure that you’re preparing for each paddle-board session by eating right.
Are You Taking The Right Supplement?
Chasing health, anti-aging, staying young, keeping up with the latest health trends…I find these attributes true for most paddlers. But aside from that nutritious food you consume and those vitamins and minerals you take, do you know what the best supplement when it comes to health and longevity?
Surfer Nutrition: What To Eat To Catch The Perfect Waves
Most people believe that to improve your paddling, all you have to do is practice. Stand up paddling requires high amounts of stamina, energy and muscle function.
Food Eco-friendly Paddlers Should Avoid
The food you ingest doesn’t only impact on your health, but that of the ocean, too – and without a healthy ocean, there isn’t somewhere for SUP enthusiasts to enjoy. Unfortunately, according to Nature.com, the ocean-food waste problem has only worsened over the past 18 months – 8 million metric tons of plastic waste ended up in oceans through 2020, alongside multiple tons of mismanaged food waste and other by-products. This is alongside the destruction of natural environments caused by plantations and intensive farming.
Could Caffeine Boost Your Sup Performance?
Did you start today with a cup of coffee? Most of us already enjoy a daily cup of Joe, with around 64 percent of Americans drinking at least one cup of coffee each day. But while Americans may drink the most coffee in the world, coffee can be much more than just part of your morning routine.
Nutrition & Training: How Seychelle Fuels Her Body
Seychelle's nutrition regimen is likely a huge part of why she's been so successful as an athlete and keeping herself in top shape. To get a better idea of her routine and how she fuels her body we checked in with Seychelle and asked her a few questions.
10 Nutrition Tips For Peak Sup Performance
Nothing puts more of a damper on your downwinder than quick crash of energy and stamina. And even the most proficient of paddlers, and strategic of strokes will lose steam if the fuel coming in is lacking the proper nutrients.
How Can The Superfood, Moringa, Enhance Your Sup Performance?
Chia seeds, golden flaxseed, and cacao powder are some of the top-selling superfoods in the world, but more potent provisions are constantly arriving on the shelves of our health food store, many presenting impressive findings from the scientific community.
6 Ways To Help Speed Up Recovery While You Are Injured
SUP racing World Champion, Seychelle, is no stranger to injury so we reached out to her to get her tips and advice on how you can help to speed up recovery while you’re injured to get you back on the water as soon as possible.