sports nutrition Archives - Melissa Traynor

22Nov

Tensile Strength in MMA

Increasing Tensile Strength in MMA Introduction Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a brutal sport that tests every system of the human body and is one of the most demanding feats of mind-over-matter. [...]

13Nov

Utilizing Creatine for Concussion Management in Boxing

Introduction Depending on your source, one could surmise that boxing is either on an upward trend (Ringside, 2020) or that it is facing a downturn (Silverman, 2017). What is less [...]

10Nov

This post is not going to be about why or why not you should avoid eating animals, your reasons are up to you. It is important for you to understand, especially as a woman, why meat is not mad to [...]

14Jul

My Protein Shake Brings All The Boys To The Yard

In case you haven’t gotten the gist of the title, it is a play on this: …and in case you haven’t figured it out yet, protein rocks for a rocking figure. If you are a foxy lady trying to bring [...]

09Jul

Artichoke Water Chokes Out Coconut Water?

It is really no surprise that with the overwhelming success of coconut water over the past few years, someone would want to take it on with a new hot ticket. This hot new ticket seems to be [...]

17Aug

Proverbial Punch in the Face for the Day aka Motivation

Before you do or don’t do something that you maybe should do aka workout, eat some yum yum veggies, put your foot in your mouth (ha! this is a “gift” of mine lol) or something [...]

26Mar

Brawl on Bay Street -Toronto gets Punchy!

This April 25th get ready Toronto for the Brawl on Bay Street! It is an unprecedented boxing event of its caliber, Brawl on Bay Street takes place twice a year in the Toronto GTA. Due to rave [...]

25Mar

In case you were wondering…

I am not really one to blog about my day to day training, what I put in my face and blah blah blah. To me, that is yawn and 1. you shouldn’t be doing what I am doing regardless because you [...]