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Let’s grow and learn together, and cheer each other on — one potato-fueled activity at a time. Train, compete, connect, and fuel up with fellow potato-powered movers and score spud swag, too!

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Access fueling insights from athletes and dietitians and discover the best ways to incorporate potatoes in your fitness journey.

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Why Potatoes?

One of the best fuel sources is America’s favorite vegetable, potatoes! These nutrient-dense powerhouses deliver the energy, potassium, and vitamin C your body needs to fuel an active lifestyle. They’re real food with real performance benefits. Plus, they’re delicious.

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Learn more about fueling with potatoes

To perform your best, put potatoes on your plate with these recipes:

Portable Egg and Potato Performance Frittatas

Mini potato and egg frittatas, a perfect on-the-go breakfast | 210 calories | 11g protein

Sheet Pan Performance Breakfast Hash

A delicious hash of roasted potatoes, bell peppers, ham, and red onion. Great as a recovery meal | 25 g protein

Performance Potato Poppers with Turmeric

A portable powerhouse snack that's simple to prepare and packs a punch with bright flavors, herbs and spices

Past Team Potato Challenges

Potato Power Up Challenge (Feb 2023)

To win this challenge, participants had to track 620 minutes of physical activity (one minute for each milligram of potassium in a 5.3-ounce skin-on potato) in February. More than 101,000 participants worldwide collectively traveled 14 million miles!

Power of 3 (Sept 2023)

Participants tracked 3 hours of activity per week (one hour for each gram of protein per serving of potato) for two weeks. This challenge included 89,000 participants worldwide, and they uploaded almost 1 million activities!

Hot Potato Hustle (May 2024)

Embracing spring’s warmth, participants tracked 2 hours of outdoor activity. More than 97,000 participants worldwide started this challenge, and 93% completed it—an all-time high for Team Potato!

Potatoes Fuel Performance

Whether you’re running a marathon or running to pick up the kids, potatoes pack the energy punch you need.

Carbohydrates are a key source of energy for muscles to help you perform and recover from exercise. And because your body’s own stores of carbohydrates are limited and may be depleted—even in a single session of intense or prolonged exercise—it’s important to replenish them. Athletes, on average, need one gram of carbohydrate per one minute of endurance exercise.

Potatoes are a nutrient-dense carbohydrate; a medium (5.3 ounce), skin-on potato contains 26 grams of carbohydrates. Potatoes also have potassium and protein, among other valuable nutrients.

Potassium is an important electrolyte that aids in muscle, cardiovascular, and nervous system function. Yet, most of us don’t get enough for optimal health and performance. Potatoes are a good source of potassium!

As a key component of muscle, protein is an important nutrient for athletic performance. There are also 3 grams of high-quality protein in one skin-on, 5.3-ounce potato, which exceeds that of all other commonly consumed vegetables, except dried beans. Some research suggests that consuming carbohydrates along with protein post-exercise may aid recovery.