SOME INFORMATION IN PUT DOWN ON ANOTHER SITE, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL HERE.
Yeah you see Carbohydrates are important, there is Simple/Carbs and Complex Carbs.
Vegetables have allotted of Complex Carbs in them. Complex Carbs are better before training. When athletes are ?Carbo Loading? they are eating plenty of complex Carbs, foods like Potatoes, Pasta, Wholes Grains, Vegetables. All you?re basically doing is stocking up your Glycogen stores.
Always remember that simple Carbs are fast acting, Fruits, Chocolate bars. That?s why immediately after training you should, have a banana, or some fruit even a chocolate bar. Linford Christie would eat a chocolate bar sometimes back in the day, after training soon as possible.
When you reduce your carbohydrate, your body will start to use up glycogen stores, when they have gone your f*ucked. Have you ever been training and you feel light headed, that?s blood sugar that?s what happens when blood sugar goes too low, you have got to know when to use Simple Carbs. This is the type of stuff you have to know Dailey programmed into my head. You should, make sure you drink an energy drink with Glucose in it, electrolyte when you get light headed during training. Blood sugar rises, when you eat Simple Carbs.
So when you reduce your Carbohydrates Complex/Simple, start listening to the people that don?t understand the importance of Carbs. Carbohydrates are Cell Volumizing just like Creatine.
Low glycogen stores forces your body to switch using more body fat for energy and begin breaking down amino acids from proteins to fuel for energy. Using fats and amino acids this way is bad for athletes, you won?t be in a catabolic state but are going to right way about it. Because Protein and Amino-acids the building blocks of protein to repair muscles and cells, they will be getting used for energy, and that?s not there primary function. Instead of using Carbohydrates as energy, which is converted to Glycogen muscle main energy. Your immune defenses will be f*ucked aswell. Understand that Protein is there to repair, they are like BRICKS, and Carbohydrates are like the big fat builder the bricky, Laying the Brick all day long, the house is getting built, the muscle. Protein = Brick
Carbs = Builder
So immediately after training, simple Carbs with Protein gets to your muscles fast ,with your Main Meal when you go home, plenty of Complex Carbs, Protein, and Vitamins and minerals.
Doctor KOOL
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THAT INFORMATION ABOUT CARBS + PROTIEN WAS SOMETHING I WROTE ON ANOTHER SITE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFULL HERE.
Linford Christie Cleared his name, and went to court over it, spent 100, 000. He was retired, at the time, just having competing around on the indoor circuit.
I had the pleasure of meeting, Linford Christieand Chris Eubank, they are good friends. From that great era of British sport, and up rising of black British Icon representing the whole country, in the early 1990's, very important moment for the people.
Many things can cause a positive test, they happen all the time. I myself drink Ginseng tea, just like Linford Christie. Even Caffeine, can cause a positive test. Nandrolone, is produced in your body, and the test afew years afew was found out to be floored.
Linford Christie and others Cleared by National Organisations.
Athletes bans where overturned, because of this, test where floor people where being ban when they should not have been. Nandrolone is the most deticble steroid and was used back in the 1970's any athlete being, or tested positive for Nandrolone in the 1990's is ludicrous.
Remember that this is not NFL. There are 100's of different test to be done of samples, test that other sports don't conduct. There is always a A and B sample, sometimes the A sample will be positive and the B sample has more test done on it, and is found to be Negative.
Linford Christie is 46years old and still is in immense shape. Back in 2003 he said in a interview he can still run 10.2xxsec.
In 1996 when Linford Christie was dq from the 100m final for false starting, they had to change the starting rule. Because Linford Christie didn?t false start he just reacted faster than what they thought was humanly possible.
Great man, when I was a little kid I had his T-shirt in nursery. You do not get Icons like that no more in British sport.
He was a bad boy, house parties and having Kids to women in the 1980?s, he got a letter off Ukathletics saying ?book your ideas up or leave? that?s when Linford was born.
Olympic Champion
World Champion
3xEuropean Champion
2x Commonwealth Champion
The oldest 100m Olympic Champion at 32, people didn?t think it was possible. When someone said he couldn?t do it ? he replied people say your at your sexual peak at 19, I bet you people disagree with that?
Minerals and Vitamins for Optimum Athletic Performance
Vitamins are naturally occurring compounds that are essential for human development, but as unlike the common perception, they are not a magic bullet. These vitamins are used only in minute amounts. The use of vitamins is exaggerated in today?s diet. A proper healthy diet over a course of a week will supply enough vitamins for any active person. The key word here is ?proper?. The diet needs to include good quality foods, vegetables and fruits, the better the source and the freer from pesticides the better the quality of vitamins and minerals available for absorption.
Minerals are unlike Vitamins inorganic and are responsible for such things as tissues regeneration and chemical reactions at a cellular level. Metals are regarded as minerals and of course while in large doses are toxic, in smaller levels are critical for many important tasks, not all of which are fully understood. There is growing evidence to suggest that metals may have a major bearing on the rate of healing in damaged ligaments and other tissues.
Metals are also crucial in certain areas of hormone generation. Another crucial mineral, calcium can be of immense importance to athletes, especially protein levels and muscle density as bone acts as a storage system for many building materials. With the growing incidences of bone disorders in female athletes, proper adherence to balanced diets with appropriate levels of calcium while at a training and competing age is absolutely critical to offset disease in later life. Low iron levels can also cause extreme and debilitating fatigue and is very common among younger female athletes.
The problems of supplementation arise when an athlete is unable to maintain a proper balanced diet. A proper balanced and varied diet will provide an athlete with all the vitamins and minerals they need. Vitamins are critical in the fight against free-radicals ? which are released as the body undergoes training stresses and the antioxidant properties are only now becoming properly understood..
Just a number of brief points on multi-vitamins.
? Many of the commercial brands on the market provide a percentage of the RDA ? Recommended Daily Amount. Remember the RDA is a figure decided on for the average person, firstly some time ago and secondly certainly not under the same stress as an athlete holding down a full-time job while training everyday. In some cases athletes can become mineral deficient in a matter of weeks while under severe training stress.
? Secondly, while many brands proclaim to provide proper vitamins profiles the exact nature and most important - the type of vitamin is very important.
? Taking extra quantities of multi-vitamins will offer no further benefit if the appropriate level has been achieved through a proper and balanced diet.
? Many Vitamins compete for receptors in the body and in some cases if consumed with another are not absorbed at all. Some vitamins need to be consumed at different times to avoid competition and maximise absorption.
? Many multivitamins also need to be consumed only with certain foods and liquids to permit absorption.
? Some vitamins can be more effective at certain times in the athletes circadian rhythm and can maximise performance in these instances.
Do we need to supplement our diet with additional Vitamins and minerals?
The ideal answer is no ? the right answer is yes.
If our diet is properly balanced and comprehensive the majority of people would not need to supplement their diet ? this is not the case for the majority of people.
There are a number of key things that we need to consider with regard to vitamins and minerals-
Those people who have particular demands on their lifestyle such as athletes where the continuous demands on the body?s store of minerals and vitamins is above that of the normal person.
Where the lifestyle of the person concerned prevents the following of a proper diet. In many cases those travelling and on the move are forced to eat a diet that does not contain a wide enough and balanced range of vitamins and minerals. This is very often the case for athletes travelling to training camps and competition as well as those juggling jobs or studies.
Evan many simply observing a standard western diet do not gain proper nutrition and if current trends continue then vitamin and mineral supplementation may be a necessary staple of the western diet.
Neurotrition
Neurotrition is the use of diet and dietary supplementation to maximise the performance of an athlete. Restricting the brain from receiving its proper nutrition can be extremely detrimental to athletic performance. Vitamins and Minerals are essential for performance, but when combined with other nutrients their impact on neurotransmitter production is very effective. Chromium, manganese, B Vitamins and other minerals for example can have a very big impact on the mood and neural ability of the athlete to recall, concentrate and perform at an optimum level. The combined effect along with amino acids and other nutrients is extremely important for optimum performance.
Restoration and Relaxation
B12 can be very helpful in encouraging the athlete to relax and sleep. Manganese, B6 and zinc also help the brain manage stress and along with vitamin E research suggests may contribute to alleviating seizures. Magnesium with B6 has been used to supplement treatments of high cholesterol. Vitamin D needs sun exposure to promote bone regeneration and health, becoming more critical for many female athletes.
Athletic Performance
In terms of neural alertness the neuro-transmitter L-phenylalanine is critical in terms of mood management, pain relief and anti-depression. Vitamins such as iron, copper, niacin, Tyrosine, Vitamin C and the B-complex are needed to produce and manage this critical neurotransmitter. Again this is just one example of how a poor diet can unbalance an athletes neuro-stasis or on the other hand can maximise the mental alertness of the athlete.
Key Points to understand when choosing a Multi-Vitamin or Mineral
Beta Carotene is not Vitamin A but is converted to Vitamin A within the body
Chelates are aminos which minerals are attached to
In some cases the amount of mineral available is therefore quite small once released from the chelate.
Fillers and Binders are used to bulk the powders and allow them to be bound into tablets or granules for capsules.
Citrate Minerals are quite well absorbed
Almost all companies use fillers and binders, more reputable ones will list them.
Some tablets can be over-coated and this can slow or even prevent absorption
Retinol is pure Vitamin A and Beta Carotene measured in comparison to it
In these cases the athlete needs to maintain good digestive and stomach health in order to maximise use of the supplement.
Key Points for Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation
Using a good wide ranging multivitamin covers many of the nutritional foundations
The multi-vitamin should have:
Wide range of B-Vitmain complex
Relatively large dose of Vitamin C
Magnesium
Iron
Zinc
Chromium
Selenium
Suggested Additional Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation
Suggested Additional Vitamin C. There has been much research to suggest that additional or higher doses of Vitamin C may be very beneficial for many illnesses. Minimum 1gram.
Additional Calcium may be very beneficial for the production and maintenance of bone density, particularly in younger females. Avoidance of many fizzy or carbonated drinks also assists.
Vitamin A along with C and E are invaluable anti-oxidants and may be very beneficial for encouraging recovery post exercise.
These are simply general guidelines and a more accurate blood and urine-based assessment will determine a better profile for Vitamin and Mineral supplementation. However this will offer a good guideline for a supplementation program for optimum athletic performance..
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