Youth Training Programs

Attached are your training and nutritional protocols for next week – please review each day’s notes and associated video links.

Maintaining Blood Sugar Levels for Optimum Performance

During exercise, blood flow is directed away from your stomach and intestine towards the exercising muscles.  This leads to a slowing of digestive process, ultimately leading to bloating, diarrhea and other gastro-intestinal issues.  Finding out exactly what combination of food and fluids avoids these circumstances is a trial and error process; however, there are some foundational concepts to apply as a starting point.  Research has shown that to increase your carbohydrate intake the most effectively, you should consume carbs in the form of liquid rather than solids.  If you are consuming a strong daily balance of fruits and vegetables, the increase in carbs should come from a sports drink like my Energy Fuel.

Establishing both a Training & Eating Strategy

Your body position in training and racing needs to be tested EXACTLY along with your eating strategy.  Body position changes the blood flow to the gut and can alter your ability to digest your food without any GI issues.  Research has validated that your stomach and intestine are trainable, six weeks of consistency appears to be the magical number to “teach” your stomach, intestines and muscles on how to work in unison for optimum performance.

Use your Performance-Food Log Spreadsheet (located in Initial Resources) to help you identify your food intake and performance output.

Learning how to feed your efforts, another tool for Work Smart, Not Hard and Avoid Overtraining!

Yours in sport & health,

-Coach Robb, Coaches and Staff

Thought for the week:

“Do what you can with what your have, where you are”
-Theodore Roosevelt