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How To Keep Going In Sports - Facts About Energy Nutrition

by Lauren Schultz

If you're going to join certain events that requires endurance, like triathlons, then you're going to have to manage the energy reserves in your body. Since we don't really know how much energy we have, trying to manage it will be difficult.

Store Your Energy

Energy nutrition is important for our daily activities and we get it from the food that we eat everyday. Glucose, which we get by eating complex carbohydrates like pasta and bread, is used to give us the energy we need. Excess glucose is stored in the liver and muscles, and these glucose that are not needed are converted in glycogen. These glycogen are then stored as fat.

Using Energy

The body quickly uses our available energy when we exercise. To help us keep going and endure certain events, our body uses the stored glycogen reserves. However, the body's capabilities to store glycogen is limited. The decrease of stored glycogen causes the body to turn to fat as its extra energy. This fat will take time before it can be converted into energy and unlike glycogen, it's not as efficient. Burning energy at a faster rate and using fat for energy are the reasons why athletes slow down during the later stages of endurance events.

Determine How Far You Can Go

An athlete that weighs 150 lbs has the ability to store about 1800 calories as glycogen stored in his or her body. Depending on the intensity, this stored glycogen is good for 2 -3 hours of effort. There are some marathoners who can't go beyond miles 18 - 20 because they've used up their reserved glycogen. Training is therefore important because it accustoms the muscles to store more glycogen. Training also helps the body get conditioned to burn fat for energy when available glycogen gets decreased.

What are Nutrition Supplements

To fuel their energy stores during an event, athletes use power bars and gels. Depending on the sport and event, these bars and gels may or may work at all. I personally don't like power bars because I have a hard time digesting it during marathons. It may be a good idea to give these a try during training. FRS and Hornet Juice, which are newer products, are getting more popular. These products are known to give athletes more energy, and they are also easier to digest.

However, proper training is still the most important for any athlete. Missing some workouts may cause you to falter during events and you can't do your best with just an energy nutrition supplement. Athletes that are experienced and trained for endurance know how to properly pace themselves. They know that going too fast at the beginning means using up available energy. You can achieve your very best by training hard and taking appropriate nutritional supplements during the day.

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