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Key Strategies for Fueling During Exercise
Key Strategies for Fueling During Exercise
By: Makayla Meixner, MS, RDN
Similar to eating before exercise, eating during exercise can help increase your energy levels and improve performance. You may be wondering whether it’s always necessary to eat during training or competitions. The answer is: it depends.
Whether or not to fuel during exercise depends on the intensity and the duration of the exercise. In many scenarios, fueling early and fueling often — particularly with carbohydrate-rich foods and beverages — can help improve endurance and aid muscle recovery.
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Cookie Day!
Gratitude Time!
Calling all Team Summit Members! We are designating this Saturday and Sunday, 4/3 and 4/4 as the day to show our resort partners how grateful we are for them this year! We need them to know that their tireless efforts to create a fantastic season for us have not gone unnoticed. Please take the time to bake your favorite cookies or put together your favorite treats in a baggy with a little thank you note and hand out to all of the front-line employees at the resort you'll be at this weekend. This includes lifties, parking attendants, guest...
Athlete of the Month – Forrest Woodard
Team Summit and Podium Sports January Athlete of the Month
Forrest Woodard – Park and Pipe
Forrest joined our team two seasons ago. Forrest’s skiing is top-notch. He has a love and passion for skiing. Forrest is a fierce competitor, with fun as a virtue over competition results. Forrest is engaged at all levels. As a top athlete, other teammates naturally look up to him. He has grown into a leader and is a team captain. Forrest welcomes our newest athletes to the team with friendship, stoke, and even support on Instagram. Forrest is the athlete always down,” for one...
Congratulations SMS Honor Roll Athletes
Congratulations!
Team Summit is so proud of our Summit Middle School Student-Athletes! Please congratulate these awesome kids for excelling in school and on the slopes!
6th Grade Gold Honor Roll
Taylor Dean
Hannah Webb
Trent Granshaw
7th Grade Gold Honor Roll
Annika Broecker
Collin Harris
Saige Heflin
Riley Hughes
Forrest Woodard
Jaxon Redhorse
6th Grade Silver Honor Roll
Arabella Agee
Aaron Green
Wyatt Lyman
Jay McDonald
John McDonald
Madeline Morton
Beckham-Doyle Boddington Richmond
7th Grade Silver Honor Roll
Asher Cockrell
Axel Crawford
Noah Dippenaar
Madison Haser
Lauren...
Eating Before Exercise: The Basics
Eating Before Exercise: The Basics
By: Makayla Meixner, MS, RDN
Eating before exercise can dramatically improve your performance in both training and competition.
However, the timing and makeup of your pre-exercise meals and snacks matter. This article discusses why it’s important to eat before exercise, what types of food to eat and when, and some examples of meals and snacks to get you started.
Benefits of eating before exercise
Eating before exercise is essential for supplying your body with important nutrients it needs to perform well. In general, a carbohydrate-rich...
Alpine Updates – February 17th, 2021
Alpine Updates – February 17th, 2021
Dear Team Summit Alpine Ability, Age Class and SRD parents; Full-Time Academy Athletes and Interested Parties:
Thank you to all who participated in the recent Team Summit Survey! Across all our programs, 718 parents completed the survey – a phenomenal response rate. A total of 570 or 79.4% of you rated Team Summit a 9 or a 10 resulting in a net promoter score of 74.4! The comments you shared are invaluable to us and provide important feedback.
We appreciate everyone’s understanding of the challenges that we...
Snowboard Updates – February 16th, 2021
Snowboard Updates – February 16th, 2021
We all knew it would be a challenging year. Warmer and Dryer weather patterns have not made it easier. Contests are being canceled and rescheduled rather quickly at this time. USASA has also extended the competition season into April. There are still a lot of contests on the Horizon. We are also working with Woodward to host some spring camps through the month of May. As these contests come and go it is important to remember that snowboarding is a sport where practice can actually be more fun than the games. ...