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Building Better Athletes

Nutrition

Pre-Game Nutrition

11/16/2021

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To start, pre-game nutrition is very important but even more importantly is what you eat the 2-4 days leading up to competition. If you somehow think your pre-game meal will make up for 4-days of crappy food, you are wrong.

So if you have a game Friday, nutrition for the game starts on Monday. 

With that out of the way, here are simple suggestions for pre-game meals. 

3-4 hours before the game should be your last major meal. It should consist of a few things. 
  1. Food that you are accustomed to and have eating (hopefully regularly) before practice. NEVER try a new food before a game.

  2. Good suggestions are oatmeal, whole wheat chicken breast sandwich and cottage cheese, eggs with potatoes, salmon and rice, PB&J sandwich with assorted fruit. 

   3. Avoid "heavy" foods i.e. deep fried, lots of oil/fat, a super big meal.

Then 60-90min before the game have a small snack that is high in carbohydrates such as a banana, 1/2 PB&J sandwich, cliff bar, yogurt and fruit smoothie, granola bar. Again something that you are used to and know will sit comfortably in your stomach.  

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eve @ food link
8/22/2022 09:55:28 pm

Great article

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11/9/2022 01:52:58 am

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1/3/2023 09:16:30 am

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2/2/2023 02:30:54 pm

Thanks for this Guide

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