Don't Make the Same Mistakes I Made As a Young Athlete
For over a decade, I was a high-level hockey player. At one point I was on the ice 5-6 days per week and in the gym 2-4 days per week.
I was one of the top players on every team I played on. I was also one of the smallest. I was proud of how lean and fit I was.
I watched Dr. Oz and had a subscription to Women’s Health & Shape.
I tried “no sugar, no alcohol, no processed anything” diets. I tried juice cleanses.
I used MyFitnessPal for a solid 2-3 years to track all the things.
The last 5 years I played hockey, I never made it through a season without a sidelining injury. I had chronic knee and back pain.
I got sick EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. for weeks at a time.
As the years went by, I missed more and more training and ice time.
When I got drafted to a professional women’s hockey league, do you know what the coach told me when I didn’t make the final roster?
“Obviously you are in great shape, however, off-ice fitness has very little to do with on-ice fitness.”
I eventually stopped playing hockey, thanks to post concussion syndrome, and became a Nutritionist.
That’s when the lightbulb went off.
I spent so much time focusing on LOOKING like a cover model athlete that I sabotaged my chances of playing pro because of all the ice time I missed being sick or hurt leading up to training camp.
I treated my body like I was an average, sedentary person trying to maintain a lean body instead of fuelling like an athlete.
When I started to fuel FOR training, everything changed. My performance, health, body and mind.
By then it was too late for hockey.
Since 2013 I have completed over 70 obstacle course races.
Since becoming a Nutritionist, I have earned podiums in my age group at Spartan and Savage Races and have qualified for OCR World Championships 4 times.
It’s why I am so passionate about helping other hockey players fuel better so they can avoid the costly mistakes I made early in my athletic career.