FEATURED ARTICLECountdown to Beijing: Helping Olympic Athletes Go for GoldAt the U.S. Olympic Committee’s main training facility in Colorado Springs, endurance athletes look to Bob Seebohar, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS, to help shave a hundredth of a second from their time. While that’s less than a blink of an eye, the science of sports nutrition can separate the medalists from hopefuls.As a sports dietitian with the USOC Performance Services division, Seebohar is a good fit for endurance events given he has coached and participated in triathlon and cycling competitions for 15 years. He helps athletes with nutrition timing—when to eat what for maximum impact on performance—in addition to eating for recovery, reducing inflammation and utilizing antioxidants to assuage the damage Current subscribersLogin to download this issue as a PDF |