How Much Does Nutrition Affect Fitness Levels?
January 4th, 2010
What I mean by this is if a person is an athlete, how much does good nutrition help performance and development?
What is the best kind of workout routine?
How often should one run to optimize endurance? (Is everyday the best?)
How often should one lift weights? Every other day for upper body and every other day for legs?
How often should one do ab work? Everyday or every other day?
What are the best types of foods to eat for becoming a better athlete?
Take into account that I am a female who is already very active and has good fitness, but is looking to develop more for college soccer.
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Nutrition is everything. It will provide with amino acids, vitamins and minerals necessary for the development of muscle and having a proper balance of electrolytes.
As far as weights, I would say skip them. When I played soccer, running a couple miles everyday was more than enough to develop toned legs but at the same time wasn’t too much as to hinder ability on the field.
Lean protein like fish, chicken, turkey is always good for your fitness.
In this section we will see how the food we eat impacts successful training and competition. Nutrition basically means all the food we eat and the beverages we consume. Food is our body’s energy source, which gives us our “get up and go.” Without it, athletic performance goes down.
Nutrition is vital. If you don’t eat enough of, say protein, your muscles will not develop to their fullest potential.
Running everyday would be the best for building endurance. Try to go for longer and longer each week.
Lifting weights can be done everyday, it just depends on what muscles you work. For example, if you do biceps and chest on Monday, wait until at least Thursday to do biceps and chest again. Give a muscle group 48 hours before working it again. But you can do biceps/chest Monday, and then Back/shoulders tuesday, ect.
Abs follow the same routine. Work them one day, then wait 48 hours and you can work them again.
Foods you should look for are ones with high protein, but low carbs/fatty content. The obvious good foods : fruits, vegetables, nuts, oats, whole grains, lean meats and fish.
Also, avoid any “sports drinks” such as Gatorade and others. They’re full of artificial sweetners and aren’t worth drinking because water hydrates just as well. I personally drink green tea because it is packed with antioxidants, as well as having ‘polyphenols’ which stimulate the production of fat-burning hormones in the body.
Cheers and good luck!
Best workout is to split, as in cardio 3x wkly, and weights same, but allow time off for bodyparts to rest, ie: MWF weights, M=legs,W=arms,shoulders,F=core and back, TThS=cardio,stretching.
Dont run everyday, allow time to rest.
Abs at most every other day.
Protein, egg whites chicken breats, tons of veggies.
God Bless, you can practice on cardio days .
Work on legs strentgh and endurace and flexibilty for soccer.
God Bless ya, and happy dribbling!!!
Good nutrition is vital. Protein is essential when trying to build muscle. It’s just like the saying “you are what you eat”. If you don’t eat protein where do you think your body will get protein from? Good rule of thumb is 1 gram of protein for every 1 lbs of body weight.
Running everyday is the best way to build endurance.
Lift weights and do ab work every other day, and when you do ab work make sure it’s on a machine or incline that can be increased as your abs become stronger. Ab muscles are no different than any other muscle in the body, as they become stronger you should add more resistance by increasing the incline or adding weight.
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