Better Trail Nutrition with Greenbelly Bar

Greenbelly Bar

In this episode of the Outside Health and Fitness podcast I talk with Chris from Greenbelly Bar.

On Today’s show you’ll discover...

• ...a meal replacement bar for hikers, bikers or any busy person on the go.


• ...a natural, compact and easy alternative to eating on the trail

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Greenbelly Bars

About Chris Cage

Chris is the founder of Greenbelly. It all started back in 2012 when he decided to quit his job as an accountant to pursue the life he wanted to live. He spent the next 2 years teaching English in Thailand, volunteering at an orphanage in Cambodia, backpacking through Asia, touring New Zealand by bicycle and eventually #hiking the entire 2,185 mile Appalachian Trail.

While on his travels he thought about making an entire nutritionally balanced meal for endurance athletes and individuals on the go. Not just a "bar" to fill in the hungry cracks of the day, rather an entire meal that would supply about 1/3 of an individual's daily nutritional needs. It would be healthy, with all natural ingredients and no artificial preservatives. The Green Belly Bar was born.

The Idea for Green Belly Bars

[4:16] Welcome to Outside Health and Fitness. You are in Georgia right? 

Yes, I'm down here in Georgia.

[4:47] How did you come up with the idea for the Green Belly Bar? 

I always wanted to some exploring, traveling and hike the AT. While on the AT I had time to start thinking about food. When you're on the go it's hard to find something easy and nutritious. So I started thinking about developing this meal bar that I could substitute for a full meal. I started thinking why not just divide the daily requirements by three and design a bar that would provide 1/3 of your daily nutrition?

[8:45] You saw this issue with food while you were traveling and you know if you're having the issue others are too. 

Yes, I remember coming up to these guys that were out cycle touring in New Zealand and we all stopped for lunch. I was eating a peanut butter and cucumber sandwich. The guys I stopped with were drinking this ooze of peanut butter and honey. I remember thinking we're sitting here eating this bizarre food and that helped me realize there was a need.

I started working on a bar myself but I had no "chef" experience and the stuff I was making was way off nutritionally. So I ended up bringing a food scientist on board and a chef to make sure we dialed in the nutrition and produced something that tasted good too.

A Full Meal Replacement 

[10:41] Can you literally eat three a day? 

Yes that is the whole idea eat three of them and you're good to go.

[11:00] It's nice, they are compact and there's nothing you have to do to eat them, no preparation.

The dehydrated meals are great but sometimes they just aren't that convenient. So I really wanted a "non cook" meal plan.

[11:24] I want to talk about the Appalachian Trail for a minute. You through-hiked the trail, is that right? and this is when you came up with the name Greenbelly? What is that all about? 

Yes, I did through hike the AT. The name came from field guides I was reading. I saw a description of a red bellied snake and I kind of liked the name red belly. Then I changed t greenbelly because it seemed to fit better for a food product.

Buy a Meal, Give a Meal

[12:16] I see it says Buy a Meal, Give a Meal what is that about? 

I was inspired by Tom's Shoes. They give a pair of shoes to someone who needs them every time you buy a pair. I wanted to do something with my company to give back so I connected with the Atlanta Food Bank. Anytime someone buys a bar we donate a meal to the Atlanta Food Bank.

[13:27] Other than hikers, who else would benefit from Greenbelly Bars?

Anyone who is traveling, cycling, health conscious and on the go can really get benefit from the bar. Even business people who want a quick easy nutritious lunch would benefit from the bars.

All Natural 

[14:34] The ingredients are all natural right?

Yes, it's all natural and many of them are organic.

[14:47] Have you launched a kick starter program?

Yes, we did launch a kick starter program. The challenge is that everything is made and packaged by hand right now. We're not able to keep with demand. We're hoping that crowd funding will help us expand and keep up with the demand for the bars.

[16:34] If someone wants to purchase a Greenbelly Bar how do you do that?

You can order bars at GreenBellyBar.com and we're in about 12 retail stores right now too, mostly on the east coast.

[17:45] What else should we know about these bars?

These really are different and substantially bigger than anything else on the market. They are more nutritious and not made just to "tide you over" these are a full meal replacement in one bar.

Follow Chris On-Line

Website: GreenBellyBar.com

Twitter: @greenbellybar 

Facebook: GreenBelly

KickStarter: GreenBelly

Sassy Girl Exercise Tune- Up

Engage your Core in the Lunge

[21:54] Hi Jessica!

Hi I'm excited to be back on the show.

[21:57 ]What are we talking about this week?

This week we're talking about the Lunge. A lot of people don't do them properly. One mistake I see people make is they forget to use their core. Lunges do require some pretty solid core strength.
It's common to see some people fall forward at the waist while performing their lunge. It's important to keep your core engaged throughout the exercise.

To keep proper form:

• Focus on opening your chest by pulling your shoulder blades together.


• Keep your core tight,


• draw your belly button in and then up.

Get more awesome tips from Jessica at SassyGirlFitnessNYC.com 

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