Fuel Your Movement: Nutrition Basics for Active Bodies
Do you want to feel stronger? Train better? Stop guessing what to eat?
IMPACT! Kickboxing Fitness located in San Carlos, CA is proud to host this online workshop “Unlock Your Potential: Nutrition for Peak Performance” for our students! This special class will help you learn how to eat smart so you can play strong. It’s all about taking the mystery out of food and making it simple.
Unlock Your Potential: Nutrition for Peak Performance is a 90-minute online workshop designed for aerialists, kickboxers and other active individuals who want to feel stronger, train smarter, and take the guesswork out of eating. Led by Jill McNutt, a nutritionist with a background in both professional circus performance and nutritional science, you’ll learn the essential principles of sports nutrition.
What You’ll Learn
In this workshop, you will:
- Build Strong Meals: You’ll learn how to put together meals that give you lots of energy, make your muscles stronger, and help your body heal after you exercise.
- Smart Snacks for Training: Find out what to eat before you work out to get ready, and what to eat after to help your body recover. We’ll talk about special foods called carbohydrates that are easy to digest and give you quick energy before you train.
- Bust Food Myths: There are many untrue stories about food. Jill will help you learn the truth! You’ll find out what ideas might be holding you back, like exercising on an empty stomach, skipping meals, or relying too much on special powders or pills (supplements).
- Drink Up! Learn why water and special salts called electrolytes are super important for your body when you’re active. They help you perform well, recover, and just feel good all over.
- Real Food Examples: See exactly what a day of eating looks like for active people. Jill will show you sample meal plans that fit around your training times.
- Easy Food Tricks: You’ll leave with simple food ideas that you can start using right away. No complicated rules, just easy ways to eat better.
This workshop happens online using ZOOM. Everyone who signs up will get some helpful tools: a meal planning paper to help you organize your food, and a snack idea guide with lots of yummy and healthy options.
We will have plenty of time for you to ask your own questions directly to Jill. She wants to help you!
And don’t worry if you miss something or want to watch it again. A recording of the workshop will be available for everyone who signs up.
Price: $35 pp
Jill’s journey into the field of nutrition has deep roots in her early experiences on the stage. Born and raised in the sunny city of San Diego, her passion for the performing arts was ignited at the age of four where she first enrolled in jazz and tap classes. After graduating from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing arts, her successful career as a performer included dancing with Holland America Cruise Line, touring the United States as a solo aerial silks artist with Troupe Vertigo, and performing as an aerial mermaid at SeaWorld San Diego. During her career on stage, Jill recognized the vital role of nutrition in enhancing the health and performance of artistic athletes. This insight led her to pursue a BA in Communications and later an MS in Nutritional Sciences. Currently completing her dietetic internship with plans to become a Registered Dietitian by the end of this year, Jill is on a mission to teach circus artists, dancers, and all fitness enthusiasts how to nourish their bodies for optimal performance and lifelong health.