Justin Robinson

A registered sports dietitian explains how his nutrition advice has evolved over the past 20 years. Topics covered include low-fat diets, calorie counting and intermittent fasting.

Even if competition isn’t your goal, you can learn a lot from the training and nutrition habits of world-class athletes. In addition to detailing the five keys to fueling like an Olympian, this article features a sample meal plan and two easy-to-make recipes you can use to fuel your activity.

March is National Nutrition Month and the theme this year is “Personalize Your Plate.” Here are four step-wise strategies that your clients can use throughout the month (and beyond) to build individualized and long-term habits for healthy eating.

Thinking about reducing or eliminating animal products from your diet? Whether you want to go vegan or simply add more plant-based foods to your diet, learn how making informed choices about what you eat can improve your health and reduce your risk of certain diseases.

Modifying your eating habits can also go a long way toward helping you manage your stress levels.

If a little is good, a lot must be great, right? Unfortunately, this is the approach many runners take while training for a half- or full marathon. Learn how to avoid injury and progressively get faster by following a purposeful training program and setting a specific intention for every workout rather than aiming to fill a mileage quota.

Your clients undoubtedly know they should eat whole, unprocessed foods, but how do you help your clients turn choosing whole foods into a daily behavior? The key, argues ACE Pro Justin Robinson, is to develop five keystone nutrition habits that will replace less-healthy habits and ultimately result in better overall health and wellness.

The ketogenic diet is a hot topic in nutrition today. Keto recipes are everywhere and everyone knows someone who has at least tried the keto diet. But what exactly are “exogenous ketones,” where are they found, and how do they impact health and performance

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend a plant-based diet, but this does not rule out meat consumption for those who don’t want to be a vegetarian or vegan. Instead, many people opt for a semi-vegetarian approach—a flexitarian diet, as some have termed it—that offers both enjoyment and health benefits. Learn about the specific benefits of consuming meat and how to choose the healthiest sources.

Overtraining can be detrimental to your health and fitness outcomes. Learn about overtraining and how to prevent it with these 9 signs to look out for.

If you have clients who want to strengthen their arms—not just for looks, but for enhanced function—you need to include exercises that engage the rotator cuff, shoulders, core and even the lower body. Here are four exercises (and their variations) that are fun and challenging versions of conventional upper-body exercises that will help develop functional arm strength.

Does stretching prevent injury? While all sports and activities have inherent risks and some injuries are unavoidable, a proper warm-up before activity (which may or may not include stretching) is the best way to reduce the risk of injury. Here are four stretches that can help reduce injury risk by improving both flexibility and mobility.

What will be the top food trends in 2017? Here are Justin Robinson’s top five picks for the food trends that will define the coming year and, possibly, change the way we eat for years to come.

Recent documentaries have highlighted how misinformed many of us are regarding the roles of fat and sugar in our diets and how these things impact our health. Learn how to identify added sugars in many so-called “healthy” foods and how to choose natural foods that will benefit both you and your family.

When it comes to alcohol and snacks during the holiday season, it can feel like an all-or-nothing proposition—either indulge or abstain. Show your clients a different approach with these six strategies that make it possible to have fun, indulge a bit and thoroughly enjoy all this season has to offer.

What healthy Halloween candy will actually excite trick-or-treaters (and parents) without completely breaking your bank? In other words, what treats fall between dental floss and a $5 bill?

If you’re a runner, one of the easiest ways to get hurt is to skip your warm-up. And no, a light jog doesn’t count. Rather, your warm-up should address your individual needs and fire up your neuromuscular system. Here is a quick and easy routine that will prep your body for a running workout, along with some tips for improving performance through nutrition and mental prep.

While nutrition is vital to weight loss and exercise performance, it is more effective to initially focus on helping your client make positive behavior changes before moving on to the “nuts and bolts” of nutrition. As a health and fitness professional, your role is to create an environment for effective and positive change. Here are five ways you can create that type of environment and help your clients establish positive nutrition habits.;

If you can’t decide if you should follow a low-carb or a high-carb diet, why not just combine the two diets in an effort to address all of your sports-performance and weight-loss concerns? Known as carb cycling, proponents claim this dietary approach offers a wide range of benefits. Learn the pros and cons of alternating high-carb and low-carb days, and discover if carb cycling could potentially help you reach your health and fitness goals.

As trainers and athletes, we have been told for years that nutrient timing is crucial and that we are “wasting our workout” unless we ingest a post-workout shake immediately. To help clear up some of the confusion, here’s what you need to know about nutrient timing.