Gas Up! Fuel Your Padel Engine With the Right Diet
We need a diverse and balanced diet to receive the nutrients we need from our food. Water, vitamins, minerals, proteins, lipids, and carbs are all examples of nutrition.
All nutrients are equally vital, and removing any class of nutrients from our diets would harm performance (and health!). Carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids are all sources of energy.
To get energy from carbs, proteins, and lipids, vitamins and minerals are necessary. Aside from circulating nutrients to tissues, water also removes them as waste products of this tissue re-use.
For a high-performance machine like your body to perform at its best, there are three things that must be met: fuel, recovery, and compositional change.
An important factor in all three of these outcomes is a well-balanced diet. The calories in food are converted by your body into usable energy, thus you must consume food to meet your energy needs. People vary in the number of calories they need to consume, with the amount rising as they become more physically active. However, the source of your calories is more significant than the number of calories you consume.
It’s also important to stay hydrated when doing sports. It is advised that most players consume 2,500 calories a day or more, while some players may need as much as 3,000 calories a day.
Professional athletes are expected to consume anything from 3500 to 5000 calories each day. Additionally, players should make an effort to ingest a sufficient and suitable amount of four key nutritional categories: water, electrolytes, carbs, and protein. This is in addition to a well-balanced diet.
Players who consume these nutrients see an instant boost in their performance, as well as a reduction in their risk of being injured or sick.
“Drink a lot of water!” has been said to us all at some time. Yes, water is important for us, but overconsumption drains nutrients from our system. Water or other hydrated liquids should be consumed at least eight to ten times a day.
