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Exercising on fumes? The equation is simple:

 

What you Put In, You Get Out!

 

 

How do you get the most from your sport, time in the gym or training?

 

4 key factors:

  1. Get your body to its right weight. 

  2. The 4 basic sports nutrition principles

  3. Build your training up gradually

  4. Eat the right foods

 

The key sports nutrition stages are:

  • Fuelling

    Fuel up 30 minutes before activity with easy to absorb carbohydrates

  • Re-fuelling   

    Every 30 minutes refuel with easily absorbed carbohydrates.  The first 30 minutes are crucial as your muscles are most receptive to restocking.

  • Repair  

    Within 1 ˝ to 2 hours after finishing taking in high quality protein to repair your muscles

  • Recovery   

    Take in antioxidants to help with 'lactic acid removal' and muscle-fibril degredation. The items that cause soreness, stiffness and fatigue

The Glycemic Index:     'the secret to success'

Good v Bad Carbohydrates

The glycemic index measures the rate at which carbohydrates convert into blood sugar - this affects performance, weight and energy levels.

Eating high-glycemic carbohydrates (one that turn to sugar quickly) hinder the fat burning process and will decrease energy levels.

Why do you produce fat and not muscles?

  • When you eat high-glycemic carbs your blood sugar levels soar  

  • Your pancreas produces insulin   (Insulin regulates your blood sugar levels - but is also a storage hormone)

  • When your blood sugars go up

  • Your body produces this storage hormone to clear the blood of excess sugars

  • Those sugars end up in fatty tissue

  • Ultimately you are gaining fat, because that is what you are telling your body to store

 

Why do you get tired?

  • As your body produces this insulin it will clear the sugars out of your blood

  • This means you are 'hypo-glycemic' i.e. Your blood sugar levels are lower than they should be:

  • You 'crash' or get lethargic (mid afternoon after lunch?)  

  • Your body now craves sugars

  • You end up overeating and the cycle continue

 

How do you break out of this cycle?

 

       Boost your energy, get the most from the gym and lose weight?
 

Start using the right foods:

Foods with low-glycemic carbs: the energy release is gradual and long lasting

To find out the Glycemic index of the food you eat just click here

 

Herbalife products are easy to use and have a low glycemic index - for example our easy to use 'super-food' Formula 1 is Fructose based

 

Follow a sports nutrition plan

When you eat is just as important as what you eat

 

What are the advantages?

 

Want to lose weight and shape up?...............Lots of energy and you burn fat

Want to gain weight / build muscles?............ Lots of energy and you gain muscles not fat

Want to increase your performance and stamina?..........Lots of long burning energy

 

 

More information

 

Fuel / refuel explained

 

Products

 

 

 

 

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