I know a lot of posters here play sports competively, mostly football, hurling, soccer, rugby etc. What do people find the best nutrition preperation for match days and those gruelling training sessions are.
From personal experience, when I was a young lad if I had a match in the morning I might play on an empty stomach or have a quick fry up in the morning before taking to the field. Lately though I've been taking heed to good nutrition if I play am playing a soccer match or before training. Usually I'd have a big bowl of porridge about an hour and a half to 2 hours before and the difference this makes is unreal, heaps more energy and I find that next day muscle soreness doesn't happen that much.
To be honest I think those energy drinks are a waste of time compared to real food. What do other people think?
I always wondered what a GAA player would have to eat on a match day. Gone are the days surely of having a few pints on the weekend of a match for a serious footballer or hurler.
From personal experience, when I was a young lad if I had a match in the morning I might play on an empty stomach or have a quick fry up in the morning before taking to the field. Lately though I've been taking heed to good nutrition if I play am playing a soccer match or before training. Usually I'd have a big bowl of porridge about an hour and a half to 2 hours before and the difference this makes is unreal, heaps more energy and I find that next day muscle soreness doesn't happen that much.
To be honest I think those energy drinks are a waste of time compared to real food. What do other people think?
I always wondered what a GAA player would have to eat on a match day. Gone are the days surely of having a few pints on the weekend of a match for a serious footballer or hurler.