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Safety Guidelines:
Athletes have special needs…
An endurance athlete. An football player trains for high-level competition. They log a lot of high intensity miles each week. Carbohydrate and calorie needs are likely higher. You could add a protein + carbohydrate (P+C) drink during your training.
Pre-exercise nutrition needs
In the three hours before your workout, you’ll want to eat something that helps you:
Option 1: 2-3 hours before exercise
This far in advance of your workout, have a mixed meal and a low-calorie beverage like water.
Athletes have special needs…
An endurance athlete. An football player trains for high-level competition. They log a lot of high intensity miles each week. Carbohydrate and calorie needs are likely higher. You could add a protein + carbohydrate (P+C) drink during your training.
Pre-exercise nutrition needs
In the three hours before your workout, you’ll want to eat something that helps you:
- sustain energy;
- boost performance;
- hydrate;
- preserve muscle mass; and
- speed recovery.
Option 1: 2-3 hours before exercise
This far in advance of your workout, have a mixed meal and a low-calorie beverage like water.
Post-exercise nutrition needs
Post-workout nutrition can help you:
Post-workout nutrition can help you:
- recover;
- rehydrate;
- refuel;
- build muscle; and
- improve future performance.
MYPLATE
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MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture, a food circle (i.e. a pie chart) depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups. It replaced the USDA's MyPyramid guide on June 2, 2011, ending 19 years of USDA food pyramid diagrams.