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Longevity in Sport: Projecting

Longevity in Sport: Projecting

The advice presented here is geared toward the more rare, large projects which demand a significant investment of time and sacrifice. These words can be applied for a project of...

Cooking with Collagen

Cooking with Collagen

Discover two recipes to kick-start your daily collagen intake.

Collagen Pro 5 min read

Cooking with Collagen

Fueling for Longevity

Fueling for Longevity

Here are five reasons why you should care about the quantity and quality of the food you are consuming.

Health 5 min read

Fueling for Longevity

Collagen Type ... Does it Matter?

Collagen Type ... Does it Matter?

This article will give you the basics on collagen as a protein and will break down collagen types. After reading, you’ll be able to decipher whether or not they’re relevant...

Longevity in Sport: Maintaining Psych with an Injury

Longevity in Sport: Maintaining Psych with an I...

Our favorite sports drive us to Want More. Do More. Be More. But how we adapt to physical and mental setbacks is just as important as how we perform when...

Pillars of the Process

Pillars of the Process

Our goals and objectives are just that: end points in which we test our skills and knowledge. But the means are just as important as the end.

Fitness 5 min read

Pillars of the Process

Reflections on Outdoor Diversity, with Gnarly Athlete Joslynn Corredor

Reflections on Outdoor Diversity, with Gnarly A...

Dealing with current events feels like we’re still dealing with the past; our country’s history is filled with race and inequality issues. Unfortunately, many people feel this way in the...

From Calisthenics to Climbing: Meet Gnarly Athlete Brandon Belcher

From Calisthenics to Climbing: Meet Gnarly Athl...

Gnarly athlete Brandon Belcher walked into his local climbing gym in Atlanta with callused hands and deep muscle striations in his arms, back and pecs – all signatures of an...

Choosing Mountains with Tiare Vincent

Choosing Mountains with Tiare Vincent

The first book Tiare read in jail was Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes. She felt it was fitting, or even fate, since her life had recently turned around. She was...

Prepping for the Send with Kelly Halpin

Prepping for the Send with Kelly Halpin

Cookie monster or trail runner? At her local bakery in Jackson, Wyoming, Kelly Hapin picked out two oversized chocolate-chip cookies. You know the ones I’m talking about … those irresistible...

No-Send September Part Two: Fail then Succeed

No-Send September Part Two: Fail then Succeed

On a flat, paved surface, the average adult takes about 2,000 steps to walk one mile. In a race that spans 268 miles though mountains and varied terrain in the...

No-Send September Part One: Climbing & Projecting

No-Send September Part One: Climbing & Projecting

The sweat-drenched summer months are behind us, and we’re in the height of Send-it September. With our fingertips no longer leaving visible sweat marks on the rock, Sendtember is a...

Filling the Void with Jasna Hodzic

Filling the Void with Jasna Hodzic

The boulder problem was exquisite. Four holds sat arranged in a diamond — a sloper above me, an undercling to my left, a gaston to my right, and a foot...

My Complicated Relationship with Strava

My Complicated Relationship with Strava

I love Strava and use it frequently, though I have to work really hard to not let my comparison-based thoughts sneak in when I am using the app. These little...

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Reaching higher with Gnarly Athlete Maiza Lima

At one point, Maiza Lima counted 100 pairs of high heels in her closet. She wore these often when going out with friends – first to salsa dancing and then...

Running with Purpose: the RDP

Running with Purpose: the RDP

Most runners don’t eat anything during a five-mile race. The distance and time spent pushing the body isn’t quite long enough to require mid-race nutrition. But on rare occasions, Rita...

RED-S: What You Should Know

RED-S: What You Should Know

Editors Note: At Gnarly we feel it is important to bring awareness to RED-S (formally referred to as the Female Athlete Triad) as it relates to the health and performance...

Approaching Health Holistically with the newest Gnarly Athlete, Joslynn Peterson

Approaching Health Holistically with the newest...

Joslynn Peterson’s impression of a dead bug is spot-on. A lower back stretch that she practices with her clients while working as a strength trainer; the move resembles a deceased...

Strength and Femininity

Strength and Femininity

The womxn I have the pleasure of knowing through climbing are incredible. They are strong, brilliant and endlessly multifaceted. And yet, for many of us, there is a seemingly endless...

Climbing 5 min read

Strength and Femininity

Mindful Eating Part 3: Stop Crash Dieting For Long Term Health

Mindful Eating Part 3: Stop Crash Dieting For L...

What do you think of when you hear the word diet? Does being hangry (you know that constant hungry angry feeling) come to mind, or having to cut out entire...

Finding Comfort in the Discomfort - Meet Gnarly athlete, Piseth Sam

Finding Comfort in the Discomfort - Meet Gnarly...

Before she knew rock climbing was a sport, Piseth Sam was sending routes. On the playground near the projects she grew up in, she would scale a rock that was...

The Importance of Daily Hydration

The Importance of Daily Hydration

Water is life Water is vital for all living things in order to survive and thrive. Humans can only go one week without water but can go an entire month...

Clean Fuel for Clean Training

Clean Fuel for Clean Training

Push Your Possible.   Our motto at Gnarly Nutrition embodies being the best version of our selves. This looks different for every person. For you, those goals might include going...

2021 Olympics Update with Gnarly Athletes Kyra Condie and Nathaniel Coleman.

2021 Olympics Update with Gnarly Athletes Kyra ...

December of 2019 was a great month for professional rock climbers and Gnarly Nutrition athletes Kyra Condie and Nathaniel Coleman. In Toulouse, France, both athletes secured a spot in the...