Did you know that what you eat and when you eat, your after workout meals can increase your energy, enhance your ability to gain muscle mass and improve your performance in subsequent workouts?

Your body has an enhanced ability to replenish muscle glycogen stores (one of your main fuel sources during workouts) and repair muscle tissue during the 2 hours following a workout. In order to optimize recovery, make sure to consume a recovery snack within 30 minutes of your workout and a real meal within 2 hours. 

The recovery snack and real meal should include carbohydrate and protein. When choosing drinks, bars or other recovery foods, look for a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio of carbohydrate to protein. Chocolate milk is an example of a recovery drink with a 4:1 ratio of carbohydrate to protein. 

For more information on recovery nutrition, OC Fitness Solutions will be hosting a Sports Nutrition Course by Kristy Richardson, Owner/Operator of OC Nutrition. This course will be about the fundamentals of preparing you or your client to get their nutrition in shape based on goals. This course offers CEC's by major certifying bodies including the National Atheletic Trainers Association(NATA).

SPORTS NUTRITION COURSE

WHEN: Saturday, February 6, 2010

TIME: 9:00am-12:00pm

WHERE: OC Fitness Solutions studio, Newport Beach.  

Sign up today! Contact Kristy at kristy@ocnutrition.com or (949) 933-6788.