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Strengthen Your Athletes’ Recovery Routine with Milk and the NBA
Whether you're a high school athletic director, coach or PE teacher, we know you're giving your student athletes the tools they need to achieve success on the playing field, but could they be doing more off the field to refuel their bodies post-workout? When it comes to performing at the highest level, an athlete's post-game recovery routine is just as important as their pre-game prep. Experts suggest there's a two-hour recovery window—the best time to refuel and rehydrate your body to keep it in top shape and help you get back in the game.
To arm you with the latest post-exercise recovery techniques and explain the body of science behind muscle recovery, the got milk? Body By Milk Campaign has teamed up with the NBA to provide sports educators with FREE Recovery Tools. Take advantage of these exclusive downloadable materials. Download your toolkit today!
- NBA Player Videos for in-class/gym TV and school Websites.
- Recovery Brochure with a scientific look at what the research says about chocolate milk as a recovery drink.
- Reproducible Nutrition Handout from Portland Trail Blazers' sports dietitian, Ruth Carey, for use in the classroom.
- Locker Room Poster by Ruth Carey, featuring the basics of post-exercise nutrition. Hang it in the locker room to help keep your teen athletes at the top of their game.
- Reproducible Recovery Handout to send home to parents to let them know what their teen athlete needs, nutritionally, to help them rebound for the next big game or workout. The handout also includes a "wish list" of post-exercise snacks parents can donate to keep your locker room stocked for performance. And, you can also order magnets that you can send home with your athletes to help remind parents and teens about the recovery benefits of milk. Call 1-800-945-MILK to order.
- Celebrity PA Announcements featuring NBA athletes with tips to help your student athletes refuel and recover.
- Optimizing Post-Game Nutrition: Helping Your Athletes Refuel and Recover, as presented at the Coaches Clinics and the Recovery Webcast. Share with your coach contacts or schedule a presentation to help them get the most out of their student athletes' recovery routine.
- Recording of the Recovery Webcast presented by NBA sports dietitian Ruth Carey. Share this Webcast link with your coach contacts so they can learn more about how milk can help their student athletes get the most out of their post-exercise recovery routine!
Nutrition Handout
Recovery Brochure
Magnet
Recovery Handout
Do You Make Chocolate Milk a Part of Your Post-Workout Routine? You can WIN! an NBA Player Appearance and Your Own Milk Mustache Ad
Whether you're a coach, PE teacher or athletic director, tell us how you've integrated chocolate milk into your athletes' post-workout recovery routines and the spotlight could be on you! You could win your school anappearance by an NBA athlete. And you can even win your own Milk Mustache Ad. To get more information, read testimonials from coaches and trainers who incorporate chocolate milk into their sport nutrition regime, and to enter, click here.
Additional Recovery Resources
- Milk Mustache Celebrity Gym Banners featuring positive health messages and milk mustache celebrities are available by calling 1-800-945-MILK (6455) or click here to request them for your school.
- MilkPEP has teamed up with COLD-SELL® to offer school Refuel with Chocolate Milk Coolers for purchase to serve your athletes refreshing chocolate milk after the game. Click here to see the cooler and find out how to order one for your school.
