Greetings all!
I'm a recreational-level Masters swimmer who's been going for nearly a year now. I swim a mere 2x a week, 1hr a workout, and generally finish less than 5KM a week. This is fine for me, swimming is a hobby for me, and it fulfills my "hobby" requirements quite nicely.
I do, however, like to have goals, and distance goals just don't cut it for me. I decided that my main goal was to compete regularly, and to fill my event card, eventually, with times from 17 or 18 different events.
I want to do my best when it comes down to swim meets and being timed, and coincidentally, I also want to improve my (currently shoddy) eating habits, so I figured I'd come to others who might know...
What kinds of foods should I be eating the week before the competition? What kinds of foods should I be avoiding?
I would assume that McDonalds and the likes is assumed - but how harmful are things like chocolate and high-sugar foods, aside from the fullness they give you and the lack of other foods you consume as a result?
If anyone has special meals they like to eat before competition, and they don't mind sharing the logic behind the meals, I'd really appreciate the info!
Jill
Some Chick's Life
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Former Member
Paul & Phil, Funny you should bring up the topic......
Although not usually for immediate precompetitition nutrition, a major coup for us here in Montreal was to get Peter McAuslan, a fellow master swimmer and owner of a large micro brewery (if that's not an oxymoron) to be a sponsor of a number of our local meets.
It's amazing how good his freely supplied brew tastes after a hard meet. Dark beer is included and the club hosts provide the pizza.
Needless to say, we always get a good turn out at these meets and Peter is treated with the respect he deserves (not that anyone would go to the extent of losing to him if it could be avoided, of course)
Paul & Phil, Funny you should bring up the topic......
Although not usually for immediate precompetitition nutrition, a major coup for us here in Montreal was to get Peter McAuslan, a fellow master swimmer and owner of a large micro brewery (if that's not an oxymoron) to be a sponsor of a number of our local meets.
It's amazing how good his freely supplied brew tastes after a hard meet. Dark beer is included and the club hosts provide the pizza.
Needless to say, we always get a good turn out at these meets and Peter is treated with the respect he deserves (not that anyone would go to the extent of losing to him if it could be avoided, of course)
