Be at Your Best – Have Breakfast!
Touted as ‘the most important meal of the day’, what you eat – or don’t eat – first thing in a morning could make or break your performance. Should you...
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Myth-Busting: Protein Timing
If you have some knowledge of exercise nutrition, you’ll know that protein is an important part of it. Whether it’s a protein shake, meal prep, or a home-cooked meal, you...
Myth-Busting: Eating Fat
It has long been thought avoiding dietary fats is the is a safe option. It has been long exaggerated by the media, also (just like most news and science stories...
Myth-Busting: Carbohydrate Loading
The ingestion and oxidation of carbohydrate (CHO) for maximum performance potential is well-established. High-CHO foods include pasta, rice, and bread. Research has shown a high-CHO diet improves performance. This leads...
Athlete of the Month - Georgia Carmichael (British Canoeing)
September’s TeamYSN® athlete of the month is TeamGB U15 National Champion Kayaker Georgia Carmichael. Georgia started kayaking 5 years ago when she was 10 years old at a small local...
The Relationship between Talent and Success
Youth Athlete Psychology Welcome to our dedicated page for youth athletes. As one of the '3 pillars' of athlete development (Training, Nutrition and Psychology) YSN® teamed up with Solutions Mindset to...
Going for Green – Getting Your 5-A-Day
A common misconception is that eating just two or three of your recommended five-a-day in the UK is acceptable because you’re almost there. Right? False! WHO Says 5 A Day?...
Youth Athletics: Speed and Acceleration – Going back to basics
SMLXL Ever wondered how Gareth Bale is one of the fastest straight line sprinters? There are many components that work together and combine to create a faster athlete. Working in...
ABCs of Immuno-nutrition – Potential Strategies to Reduce Infection
A, B, C, D, E, F – Getting to know why and how vitamins aid immunity is worthwhile. Many know that we should get vitamins A, B, C, and so...
Youth Athletes - Stretching – When and What type
Stretching – When and What type For many years, we have believed that long static stretching is the ideal method to warm up before competition or gym sessions. However, over...
The Importance of Calcium & Vitamin D for Junior Athletes
Grab a glass of milk and roll your sleeves up! You’ve probably heard that calcium is good for building strong bones and that vitamin D is the ‘sunshine vitamin’. But...
Competition Prep – Energy for Effort
You’ve done all the training and competition day is creeping up. You might get your kit ready, read the competition briefing, and settle down ahead of the big day. What...