Pre event/sport nutrition

Im just curious you nutrition guys out there, if you can answer this for me.

Typically i just follow a normal diet when I have a football game, nothing special eaten before hand, just try to get some good carbs in on my meals.

Today I went out with my folks and GF to bw3's before my game, I had a little bit of "junk" food, nothing to write home about, main thing was a grilled chicken wrap. All together was probably around 1,000 calories. anyway...

I went to the game figured I would feel like throwing up from a full stomach, but the game went great. Played great and I never seemed to run out of energy.

I have never been accustomed to eating anything special, or eating a big meal before an athletic activity. Is it something you should do? Is there an ideal ratio to achieve before an athletic activity? im guessing all the carbs and calories did me a favor, but im not too sure about it.

6'3"  @213

Squat 1x20x275

press:200, Deadlift:475, Bench:300, P.clean:235, Squat:385

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Yes, you are right, it did you good from a performance perspective.

Plus...there was plenty of sugar in that food..so your blood/body was saturated with glycogen.  Also probably saturated with proteins.

1000 calories...well that is 1000 calories ready to power your game.

You felt fine and probably you happened to hit it just right so you didn't feel sick.  Not too much fat or fiber but just enough.

Also with your body, you are very efficient at processing the food and someone else might very well have been sick!!

For you, carb loading is beneficial.  Also CP loading as this means faster recovery between bursts in the game.  Having BCAAs and EAAs in your system ready to roll means good things too!  A complete meal a while  before the game means that everything is released into the system gradually and is ready when you play.

The sugar might also mean you retained water and this means better performance...due to slight hyper-hydration.

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There was another factor that I will only mention, many meals out have artificial ingredients (flavors, colors, preservatives)  The initial response by the body is like that to a toxin, to upramp excitatory responses.  This happens to lead to what appears to you to being more aware and responsive...you might interpret it as improving your game... but eventually these toxins build up and inhibit essential processes and this leads to a decrease in performance if you try to rely on it over time.

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Thanks Dan, great information as always!

6'3"  @213

Squat 1x20x275

press:200, Deadlift:475, Bench:300, P.clean:235, Squat:385

"The only failure that is final is to stop trying to improve"