What do you guys find is best to eat before a swim meet?
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Between the time I wake up, and then get to the meet...usually two hours will have passed. This gives me time for for a fairly decent breakfast which might be something along the lines of a turkey sandwich.
I shy away from sugar...especially a pancake breakfast which gives an initial boost...and then leaves me feeling drained when the sugar high wears off. A protein based breakfast staves off hunger pangs and offers a good source of energy.
After each race, my recovery beverage is chocalate soy milk. It's lactose free...and the sugar goes right back into the muscles and liver. Gatorade is good...but too much and you'll be visiting the locker rooms every 20 minutes or so.
www.webarticles.com/.../Chocolate-Milk-better-than-Gatorade-for-Post-Exercise-Recovery?
Between the time I wake up, and then get to the meet...usually two hours will have passed. This gives me time for for a fairly decent breakfast which might be something along the lines of a turkey sandwich.
I shy away from sugar...especially a pancake breakfast which gives an initial boost...and then leaves me feeling drained when the sugar high wears off. A protein based breakfast staves off hunger pangs and offers a good source of energy.
After each race, my recovery beverage is chocalate soy milk. It's lactose free...and the sugar goes right back into the muscles and liver. Gatorade is good...but too much and you'll be visiting the locker rooms every 20 minutes or so.
www.webarticles.com/.../Chocolate-Milk-better-than-Gatorade-for-Post-Exercise-Recovery?
