Mindful Monday for Travel
Click on image to open a PDF document. Use this link to review what is allowed / not allowed for domestic and international flights https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/travelling-solid-food-items.
Travel and the rhythm in digestion: “Gut lag”
Blog post by Canadian Sport Institute Calgary Performance Dietitian Kelly Drager We commonly hear about strategies to reduce travel illness and/or diarrhea when planning for international trips. Less commonly talked about but can be quite disruptive for an athlete’s mental well-being and performance plan is traveling constipation. Jetlag occurs due to circadian desynchronization from long […]
Lappage is Back
Danielle Lappage has endured a lot of heartache throughout her long wrestling career. Just after the 2014 World Championships, where she placed eighth, Lappage tore the ACL in her right knee, leading to reconstructive surgery and a long recovery. And then, just minutes before her opening match at the 2016 Olympics in Rio di Janiero, […]
Where’s the Oatmeal?
There’s Gold in them Bones
Recovery Strategies Build Champions
For Olympic coach Les Gramantik recovery days are not optional, they’re a must. It wasn’t always this way for his training group, especially when Gramantik first came through the coaching system 40+ years ago. “Athletes were trained very hard and not enough thought was given to recovery”, says Gramantik. “Now as we know, recovery is […]
Fuel for Gold Provides Nutritional Niche
Food is good. Good food is better. For tired athletes looking to refuel after a tough workout, access to an affordable, healthy meal is vital. Thankfully for them, Fuel for Gold, a restaurant/kiosk located at the University of Calgary, offers just that. The CSI Calgary undertook the opening of the kiosk in 2011 as a […]
Men’s Water Polo Team Buoyed by New Strategies
Sometimes small changes can make a big difference. For the Canadian men’s water polo team the change was simple – move two of ten weekly sessions from their usual training centre, to the CSI Calgary. It wasn’t until this strategy shift in the fall, along with a recent coaching change and collaboration with staff at […]
Canadian Women Eyeing Hockey Gold
The Canadian National Women’s Hockey Team is ready to show the world what they are made of as they host the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship March 28-April 4 in Kamloops. After bringing home the gold from the 2014 Olympic Games, forward Brianne Jenner says, “Having World Championships on home soil is very exciting for […]
Paving the Way: Kelly Anne Erdman
The Canadian Sport Institute Calgary (CSI Calgary) congratulates Kelly Anne Erdman on her recent publication, an accomplishment she deems to be, “The greatest achievement of my career.” Erdman has been a source of knowledge in Canadian athletes’ lives for over two decades. Always up-to-date on cutting-edge research, Erdman has been a Performance Dietitian at the […]