Hello Alex here
Recently I just swam a meet, did horrible. And I need major cuts in time in my 500 by May. I know every bit counts so now I'm going to try to focus about what goes in my body. I know there are currently several threads and comments about nutrition on usms.org, but does anyone know about a specific schedule about what to eat everyday? I am currently 150 pounds with a height of 5 feet 8 inches. I am 18 years old. Currently I train 16 times a week (6 times swimming, 5 times low weight lifting, and 5 times just messing around playing sports like basketball). However that might change quickly to 18 times a week if I decide to run about 5k every Saturday and Sunday. Recently I have been eating fast food about once every week, and been consuming protein shakes after every swim practice.
Also, spaghetti and bananas is a normal part of my meal after my practice.
So what I'm looking for is a diet that is:
not too much and not too little on my distance swimming needs.
gives me endurance
highly specific on what to eat on a daily basis
Thank you for your time! :D:D
Times for my swims (if you need them) can be found here: www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
Whoops, I misread this and thought you wanted to lose weight. Deleted my earlier comment.
Anyway: no. There's a reason Michael Phelps' diet looks "bad"; it's because people who train with a large amount of volume simply need to eat a large amount of food. That's all. Amount of food. You're probably not going to have deficiency in any nutrients, especially if you are smart enough to eat fruits and vegetables regularly.
I know what I'm saying is not going to be popular, but you're asking for a cluster**** of ignorance with nutrition questions on a masters swimming forum.
Whoops, I misread this and thought you wanted to lose weight. Deleted my earlier comment.
Anyway: no. There's a reason Michael Phelps' diet looks "bad"; it's because people who train with a large amount of volume simply need to eat a large amount of food. That's all. Amount of food. You're probably not going to have deficiency in any nutrients, especially if you are smart enough to eat fruits and vegetables regularly.
I know what I'm saying is not going to be popular, but you're asking for a cluster**** of ignorance with nutrition questions on a masters swimming forum.
