Training Programs

Benefits of Maintaining a Food Log

Please continue to maintain your food/performance log (download the spreadsheet below) to ensure that you are consuming enough water along with carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats.  Instead of attempting to track calories, grams of carbohydrates, protein, and fat, simply monitor these three variables:

• Body Weight (morning and evening)
• Mental Clarity & Energy Levels
• Performance Results

Simply put, if you are experiencing positive performance results, high energy levels, and looser fitting clothes, then what you are eating is on the money – quality and quantity-wise.  However, if you are not enjoying faster times, high energy levels, and looser clothes, then you are not consuming enough quantity of food (assuming you are eating high quality fruits, vegetables, and low-fat protein sources).  This comes as a surprise to many individuals when I recommend that they double the amount of food that they are currently consuming (once we determine that the quality is optimized) to fuel their daily training efforts.

Avoid Adrenal Stress

Failure to consume adequate quality and quantity of food puts the adrenal system under a tremendous amount of stress along with the accumulation of harmful free radicals within your system.  High-quality fruits and vegetables are loaded with vitamins and minerals necessary to offset the byproducts of aerobic and anaerobic exercise.  If after increasing your food quality and quantity you are not seeing an improvement in your speed and endurance, you may want to look into supplementation as a convenient “insurance program” to facilitate your performance results.  However, please don’t fall under the mindset that if you are consuming supplements you don’t have to eat – it is the exact opposite, supplements interact with real food to ensure that you are getting enough of the much-needed vitamins and minerals helping you build the perfect athlete!

Remember, Work Smart, Not Hard, and Avoid Overtraining!

Yours in sport & health,

-Coach Robb, Coaches, and Staff

Thought for the week:

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”