{"id":669,"date":"2018-09-03T00:04:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T07:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workoutstructure.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2018-09-03T00:04:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T07:04:24","slug":"nutritionforathletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/2018\/09\/03\/nutritionforathletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition for Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmpl-text-11 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-bottom\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bg-img alignnone wp-image-671 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: -40px;\" src=\"https:\/\/workoutstructure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/18_0_400_250.37194474_cover-from-Chris-Borgards-Practical-Sports-Nutrition-Guide-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"250\" data-width=\"400\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 align-column-center\">\n<h2 class=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; WHAT TO EAT&#8230;FOR THE ATHLETE!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-1 col-sm-1 col-xs-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-11\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"\">One of the most overlooked realizations in today\u2019s fitness and wellness realm is the forgotten fact that athletes calorie needs are different than the standard population.&nbsp; Fad diets (often ill-advised even for the sedentary people that they are marketed to) have no place on the athletes plate.&nbsp; Rather, they must adhere to a much higher caloric intake, with higher levels of all macronutrients; not just protein, but fats as well, <em>and especially carbohydrates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><em>For a better understanding of these principles, see below for a link to an interview I did earlier this spring &#8211; hosted by my friend and former tennis professional Andy Gerst, on his &#8216;Everything About Tennis&#8217; podcast:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F428434890&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=788&#038;maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"\">Recently I submitted a research experiment I conducted at Cal Poly State University: the study attempts to offer a new equation for the exponentially higher resting metabolic rate of [college] athletes when compared to more dated prediction equations used for other more normalized populations.&nbsp; My research showed a difference of over 400 calories in this RMR value, which is only a small fraction of total daily caloric expenditure even <em>before<\/em> exercise is accounted for!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Also this past summer, I released a sports nutrition ebook that serves as a practical, quick reference guide to the athlete who seeks more new and healthy options in their diet for good sources of fuel.&nbsp;&nbsp; My hope is that the ebook serves as a basic but much-needed summary of the sometimes intimidating and broad spectrum of sports nutrition for an athlete who is bombarded by uneducated opinions and just doesn\u2019t know where to start!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; CHRIS BORGARD<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/workoutstructure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cborgard-book-cover-scaled-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-pill btn-raised btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/workoutstructure.com\/products\/\">PURCHASE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div class=\"row bg-editor-hr-wrap\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"color1-color bg-hr\" style=\"margin-left: 0;\" width=\"50%\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><em>Fad diets&nbsp; have no <\/em><em>place on the plate of an athlete.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-1 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; WHAT TO EAT&#8230;FOR THE ATHLETE! One of the most overlooked realizations in today\u2019s fitness and wellness realm is the forgotten fact that athletes calorie needs are different than the standard population.&nbsp; Fad diets (often ill-advised even for the sedentary people that they are marketed to) have no place on the athletes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/2018\/09\/03\/nutritionforathletes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nutrition for Athletes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.workoutstructure.com\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}