5 Tips for nutrition for an athlete

Eat before workout? Yes or no? How many of you prefer to train on an empty stomach and how many, if they don’t eat something before going to the gym, are too exhausted to think about any workout?

It is clear that each person has their own rituals and habits but there are some tips that are valid for everyone and that we feel we can share, aware that each individual has different needs and that each physical activity has its specific characteristics.

• 1. Don’t fast before the gym. Skipping a meal is not a good habit at all, even if you go to the gym for the purpose of losing weight. Fasting before training is absolutely not recommended because you risk not having the right energy that is obtained from the calories that are ingested with food (especially with simple carbohydrates and sugars). In addition, training on an empty stomach can lead to muscle catabolism and a hypo. Finally, the risk is to arrive at the end of training with such hunger that your training is useless.
• 2. Don’t binge after the gym. If fasting before the gym is definitely wrong, it is also wrong to binge after the gym trusting that you have burned so many calories that you can ingest food as if it were your last meal. Before and after training, it is advisable to take the right measure which varies according to the sport I practice, your level of training and the intensity with which you train.
• 3. Eat well every day. Having a healthy and balanced diet is important not only on the days you train but every day. Having good eating habits is the key to a healthy life and to improve your sports performance. You have to be athletes 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
• 4. Consult a specialist. Contacting a sports nutrition specialist can make the difference between getting a sports result or not. The nutritionist has now become a key figure in the life of professional athletes. Improvising or relying on those who do not have the right skills is absolutely to be avoided.
• 5. You need to be hydrated. A good workout goes from good nutrition but also from good hydration. Drinking plenty of water and re-hydrating with the right amount of mineral salts is certainly important whatever physical activity you want to bring to an end.

If you were hoping to find a personalized meal plan or some delicious recipes for your meals, you will undoubtedly be disappointed with this article because you will not find either one or the other. It makes no sense in an article of so few lines to propose solutions that can be valid for all people and for every physical activity. Human nutrition is too complex to be able to give generalized and pre-established solutions, valid for everyone: do not trust miraculous diets!

However, we want to suggest you try a new generation food that can be useful to everyone, regardless of the physical effort you love to make.

It is called Bivo: it is useful both before your workout because it is rich in all the macronutrients that our body needs (including carbohydrates) and is able to give you all the energy you need for your workout without weighing you down. If the classic pre-workout sandwich is too heavy and a protein bar doesn’t seem enough to provide you with enough energy for your workout: try Bivo, you won’t regret it! But Bivo can prove to be fundamental even after your training for two reasons: the first is that you are allowed to introduce the energy you have consumed even if you do not want to appease your fame with solid food; the second is that it contains all the vitamins and minerals your body needs, allowing you to rehydrate and nourish yourself at the same time.

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