Giving Day - Brinn

UIU Athletics Giving Day 2018
Peacocks Blogger: Taylor Hoth

            As UIU Giving Day is only a few days away, Peacock Athletics continues its push to install a nutrition bar in the Upper Iowa weight room. Peacock Athletics urges donors and alumni to give back to UIU and help your fellow Peacocks.

            Today, we get a student-athlete perspective on why UIU needs a nutrition bar and what benefits it would have. Sophomore Brinn Grunder is a thrower on the UIU Track and Field team. Brinn came to UIU from Durant, Iowa, and shares the same enthusiastic attitude as Coach Anderson about the nutrition bar.

Brinn noted that the nutrition bar is needed to help athletes get calories they can’t get normally throughout the day. “I think there are many reasons regarding why we need the nutrition bar in the weight room. The most important reason is the benefits it would allow the athletes that the cafe does not provide. In having a nutrition bar, athletes can really bare down and focus on proper nutrition and how to properly fuel themselves.”

            As previously mentioned, some of the major benefits of the nutrition bar would be that it gets the athletes into the weight room and allowing even more interaction between the strength and conditioning coaches and student-athletes. It also will aid student-athletes in post workout recovery. These are points that Brinn echoed, saying, “We, as athletes, would better understand why we need to take better care of ourselves. It would give us another reason to go to the weight room and increasing the chances of stretching. I am sure it would greatly benefit our recovery from hard lifts as well. There truly is an endless list of benefits this nutrition bar could give to the athletes here.”

            Each athlete is different. Each has unique nutritional need depending on their body and sport. As a thrower, Brinn is looking to naturally increase her protein, fruits and vegetables. “I think this nutrition bar would personally help me increase  my input of proteins, veggies and fruits. This would allow me a place to come get a nutritional snack.  It gives me the opportunity to make the better decision for my own health and success.”

            The opportunities and benefits the nutrition bar would create will only benefit the student-athletes here at UIU. Brinn, Coach Anderson and all of us in the Peacock Athletic Department urge you to give and help make a change Peacock Athletics. On April 25, show your peacock pride and give to UIU! 

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