Eating regularly throughout the day is essential for providing your body with appropriate fuel. But individual nutritional requirements can be quite different depending on your daily activities and exercise routines. Nutritional demands also differ based on workout duration and intensity (Mayo Clinic, 2010). One of the critical times to pay attention to your nutritional needs…
Health-conscious individuals can spend a lot of time planning and scheduling their workouts to get the greatest possible benefit. But an intense workout also requires focusing on your post-training nutritional needs, which includes when and what to eat to replenish your body’s energy stores, while also supplying the nutrients to rebuild and repair damaged tissue….
Delivering the optimal amount of nutrients to your body at the right time can play a major role in performance and recovery. Although the largest concern for most workouts lasting less than 90 minutes is fluid replenishment, small pre- and post-workout snacks you can easily throw into a gym bag may help prepare your body…