Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Rating athlete trends 1–10 as a sports nutritionist

18 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube segment, a sports nutritionist (Speaker B) evaluates a series of popular athlete training and nutrition trends presented by Speaker A. For each trend, the nutritionist assigns a rating on a 1–10 scale and provides brief, context‑dependent rationale. The trends covered include training seven days a week (rated 6), training while sore (rated 6), consuming carbohydrates before practice (rated 10), doing 100 push‑ups before bed each night (rated 1), using creatine supplementation (rated 10), and an ice‑bath post‑workout (rating not given in the excerpt). The nutritionist emphasizes recovery, sleep, food intake, and the functional role of each practice, offering a pragmatic, evidence‑informed perspective on what is beneficial versus unnecessary for athletes.

Training 7 days a week.
6. It depends on how fast you can recover. It depends on what type of training you're doing. So let's just give it a 6.
Training while sore.
Maybe a 6 too. It all depends on context. Did you hit leg day and you're hitting leg day again? Are you not allowing yourself time to recover? Are you getting enough sleep and enough food? Sometimes it's okay to train while you're sore.
Eating carbs before practice.
10. Carbs are literally the gas that will fuel your entire workout.
100 push-ups before bed every night. 1.
You don't need that, especially if you're already training and doing other things. Just get to bed.
Creatine.
10. I love creatine.
Ice bath post-workout.
2. It's going to slow down blood flow. You need blood flow to help recover, so heat's going to be better than cold.