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The most exciting summer event is upon us — the Paris 2024 Olympics. July’s Start TODAY challenge uses the games as inspiration, asking you to find your own inner athlete with functional exercises that build strength and agility to improve performance during your favorite hobbies.
For the first time, the Start TODAY monthly challenge also includes nutrition! As a sports dietitian and nutrition editor for TODAY, I’ve worked with hundreds of people to help them embrace their inner athlete and fuel their fitness, whether their goal is running a marathon, walking a 5k or increasing strength.
I’ve put together nutrition tips and weekly meal plans to help you eat like an athlete to reach your peak fitness potential. Before we get into the week 1 meal plan, here’s more about what it means to eat like an athlete.
What are the athletes eating at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
Throughout the 15 days of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Paris will house 15,000 athletes from 208 territories and nations. The athletes will eat in the Olympic Village, which will offer all types of cuisines to meet the various nutritional needs and cultural habits. From surfers to runners to breakdancers, every single athlete has their own nutrition routine.
Paris is known as one of the food capitals of the world, and the Paris Olympic games are striving to blend the creativity of French cuisine with sustainability. That translates to the plate with more plant-based and local foods that still taste delicious. The Olympic Village and competition venues will increase the amount of vegetarian foods available to athletes and reduce the amount of animal proteins in meals.
Tori Franklin, a two-time Olympian for Team USA in the triple jump, says she’s excited about the increase in vegetarian meals. “As a vegetarian, it’s extremely important for me…
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