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| Athlete Nutrition |
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| Pre workout - Training is the most demanding part of most track athletes career (not the day of competition, as most people think). Training workouts are designed to tear down an athletes muscles. The bodies response to the breaking down of the muscles is not only to repair them, but to make them stronger so that they can withstand the demands that are being place on them. And through the season the workouts intensify in order to see continual improvement in an athletes ability to perform. An athletes body needs energy to meet the demands of the intense workouts that the they go through. Without getting into too much detail the main source of that energy comes from the foods that an athlete eats. Foods that contain "CARBOHYDRATES" are the most important part of the diet for an athlete. If the athletes don't have enough CARBS in them, their bodies will not have the energy that is needed for them to work as hard as the planned workout is demanding. Subsequently they will not get as strong as they could get (because they don't have the energy). This could be why you see athletes die out early during a work out session. |
| need to repair/regenerate itself. Foods high in "PROTEIN" is what the body needs for this phase of their diet. That is, in fact, why athletes are hungry after practice, (the body is craving what it needs at that time). The body uses protein to help in the regeneration of the muscle tissue. If the protein needed is not available the muscles will not regenerate properly and will not come back as strong as intended. This will, in fact, make the child weaker due to the muscles constantly being in a torn down state and not being able to properly regenerate. This is, in most cases, why you see an athlete get weaker toward the end of the season instead of stronger. Help us train your child by taking care of this very important, and often under valued, phase of your child's athletic development. Just as a child's educational development increases exponentially by the parents continuing their learning process at home, so does the athletic development of your child. Below is a chart showing some of the foods that are necessary for an athletes diet. To learn more about an athletes diet read these articles written by sports nutrition professionals: IAAF nutriton guide, Colorodo State University, What to eat after a workout session |
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| HYDRATION FOR ATHLETES |
There are two phases of an athletes diet that are important. The "pre workout
phase" and the "post workout phase".
phase" and the "post workout phase".
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