... athlete's performance. Most athletes follow the recommended low fat, high complex carbohydrate diet. The athlete also follows a different regimen during different periods of their schedule. For example nutrition for an athlete during training might include high carbohydrates (60-70% of total calorie intake), low fat, low protein content, low ... and glycogen depletion. As you can tell that optimal nutrition is a basic training component necessary for the development and maintenance of top physical performance. "A good diet in itself cannot provide fitness or championship form, but a po...

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... it is recommended that you eat 5 meals a day, you would eat a meal every 3.2hrs. This way not only is your body use to constantly burning calories, it learns your eating schedule and prepares for meals, which drastically speeds up your metabolism. A bad thing to do is take long breaks in between meals. If your body is not use to being fed ... . [Fats, oils, sweets.] Fat stores the most energy by storing 9 calories per gram of fat. However, each pound of fat only carries the capability to burn 3 calories per full body workout. Therefore your daily fat intake should not exceed 20% of your ...

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