Top Tips for Meal Planning
Top Tips for Meal Planning
By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD, January 27, 2017
Last month I wrote about ketogenic diets for performance and cited the work of Dr. John Hawley showing that high fat, low carbohydrates were not performance enhancing. And, promised to show a general meal plan on how much carbohydrate swimmers should consume on heavy training days. Before we get to that, Dr. Hawley (along with his colleague, Dr. Louise Burke) have published their research and here is the citation, published in the Journal of Physiology.
When planning meals for swimmers it is important to consider many factors; to name a few…age (younger swimmers have higher calorie and nutrient needs than older swimmers), training intensity and duration, gender, and food preferences. I mention food preferences because if a swimmer doesn’t like a food he or she just won’t eat it!
Learn more here:
When planning meals for swimmers it is important to consider many factors; to name a few…age (younger swimmers have higher calorie and nutrient needs than older swimmers), training intensity and duration, gender, and food preferences. I mention food preferences because if a swimmer doesn’t like a food he or she just won’t eat it!
Learn more here:
