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Nutrition

If you are what you eat, what impact does that have on your training? Don’t sabotage your hard efforts on the road, the practice fields or the gym by feeding yourself poor sources of food. Your strength, energy levels and immunity depends on what you put into your body, and will affect your performance during training and competition.Importance of sports nutrition:

  • High energy – It is quite a challenge to put together a menu for someone who requires in the region of 10000-16000kJ on a daily basis without compromising the quality of meals.
  • Health and high immunity – Consistent training at levels greater than 80% of maximum heart rate increases the need for vitamins and minerals, and constant depletion also dramatically raises the susceptibility to illness and infection.
  • High recovery ability – Intense training sessions cause a metabolic breakdown at cellular level, which beneficially offers opportunity for adaptation and improvement; hampering of this process may lead to over training, illness or injury.
  • Functional hormonal system – The body’s operating system needs to be well oiled in order to ensure all relevant functions are in place to guarantee smooth functioning of the cooling system, energy metabolism, blood pressure, removal of waste products, etc.
  • Effective digestive system – Consumption of good quality food will ensure smooth digestion and assimilation of nutrients, as well as distribution of energy, which in turn will conserve energy and allow for increased performance.

Contact Fitness From Africa for a nutritional plan to match the demands of your training program.