Saturday, February 13, 2010

Interesting Notes from Nancy Clark NSCA Webinar: Nutrition- Your Missing Link?

Let's go straight to the point...here are some interesting points from this Nutrition Webinar:
  1. Why there are so many missing links? No time to food shop or eat, erratic schedules, concerns about digestion, or desire to lose body fat.
  2. Some individuals do not respect the power of food. You should training at your best, if you are nutrition is at your best.
  3. To lose weight...start with decreasing 20% of your calorie needs.
  4. Dietary ' healthy' fat can increase your performance, yet fat stores in muscle that can increase your stamina and endurance.
  5. No food intake at critical times especially before and after the gym.
  6. Carbohydrates are important because of glycogen stores that fuel your muscles.
  7. To refuel for recovery you should eat adequate carbs daily and plan rest days.
  8. Too much engineered food is probably not the way you go cause your body functions differenty compared with real food and
  9. A food coach maybe is a smart choice for you to perform better, for weight management, eat healthier and increase your energy during the day.

These are some excellent points that Nancy Clark mentioned during this webinar. As you can see, Nutition is the missing link and believe me peolpe ingnoring it. What to you think? I'm out........

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think you are probably right. People do not appreciate the power of the correct diet in sports

Andreas Prezas, 'The Cypriot Dude' said...

Planning for your nutrition is the missing link for most of us. You can easily do it 1 or 2 days of the week.

Its easy....you cook, you bag, and then you freeze

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