On Saturday evening I ate pizza for the first time in a while. On Sunday morning I had one of the best swim practices in a while. So much energy! Swam 4500m and spent another half hour mucking around practicing SDK's, turns, etc....just didn't want to get out of the water.
Just wondering if the pizza and the increase in energy were related in any way or was it purely coincidental? Does pizza perhaps have the perfect protein to carbohydrate ratio?
It was a three cheese, thin crust Magherita with a sprinkling of smoked sausage. There wasn't a lot of cheese either. Just the right amount. Had a glass of Coca Cola with it. The only time I ever drink coke is when I eat pizza or BBQ.
Anyone had a similar experience or have a different favourite energy-giving meal.
Syd
I remember that while in the airport on the way down to Orlando for my first YMCA Nationals as a kid I stopped by the Sbarro's (probably spelling that wrong) and picked up a few slices of pizza. I was finishing off the third one when someone else from my team walked over and spotted me and said "you do know that cheese takes several days to digest so that'll sit like a rock in your stomach for your races?" I did not know that. I don't even know if it's true. I went on to swim my best times at Nationals but who knows? Maybe I would have been even faster had I laid off the pizza?
The next year, I ate nothing but pasta for several days leading up to the plane flight down to Nationals and I got so knotted up the cramps were unbearable. I had to drop my "diet" and just eat a bunch of greasy food like burgers, etc. to make the pain go away. That year I swam my best times EVER.
I remember reading that Mike Barrowman, one of the pioneers of the "wave" motion breaststroke and a person swimming idol, said he would eat nothing but Big Macs before his races. Maybe he had the right idea. I might try that for my next race...
I remember that while in the airport on the way down to Orlando for my first YMCA Nationals as a kid I stopped by the Sbarro's (probably spelling that wrong) and picked up a few slices of pizza. I was finishing off the third one when someone else from my team walked over and spotted me and said "you do know that cheese takes several days to digest so that'll sit like a rock in your stomach for your races?" I did not know that. I don't even know if it's true. I went on to swim my best times at Nationals but who knows? Maybe I would have been even faster had I laid off the pizza?
The next year, I ate nothing but pasta for several days leading up to the plane flight down to Nationals and I got so knotted up the cramps were unbearable. I had to drop my "diet" and just eat a bunch of greasy food like burgers, etc. to make the pain go away. That year I swam my best times EVER.
I remember reading that Mike Barrowman, one of the pioneers of the "wave" motion breaststroke and a person swimming idol, said he would eat nothing but Big Macs before his races. Maybe he had the right idea. I might try that for my next race...
