Timing is Everything.
Make your food work for you!
Examples of how to spread food appropriately around practice, depending on your practice/game time. Remember that when you eat is just as important as what you eat!
Morning Workout and Mid-afternoon Practice
5:00 5:30 Pre-workout snack
6:00 6:00-7:00 Workout
7:00 7:15 Post-workout Snack and/or Breakfast
8:00
9:00 9:30 Snack
10:00
11:00
Noon Lunch 1:00
2:00 Pre-workout Snack
3:00 3:30-5:30 Practice
4:00
5:00
6:00 Post-workout snack and/or Dinner 7:00
8:00
9:00 Snack (optional)
Mid-afternoon Practice
7:00 Breakfast
8:00
9:00 9:30 Snack
10:00
11:00
Noon Lunch 1:00
2:00 Pre-workout Snack
3:00 3:30-5:30 Practice
4:00
5:00
6:00 Post-workout snack and/or Dinner 7:00
8:00
9:00 Snack (optional)
Morning Workout
5:00 5:30 Pre-workout snack
6:00 6:00-7:00 Workout
7:00 7:15 Post-workout Snack or Breakfast
8:00
9:00 9:30 Snack
10:00
11:00
Noon Lunch 1:00
2:00
3:00 Snack
4:00
5:00
6:00 Dinner
7:00
8:00
9:00 Snack (optional)
