Period 8 Weight Training Nutrition

You have been training hard this semester and I have seen some impressive gains in strength and in quality of movement. For the remainder of the semester our blogs will focus on what is probably the most important factor of all for lasting health. Your nutrition. It is a tough subject, because your body is a miraculous machine that can and will run on just about anything you give it for a while. The effects of poor nutrition often take years to reveal themselves in terms of chronic health problems, but recent research suggests that these problems are showing up earlier and earlier in peoples lives. Luckily, small changes to your eating now can make big differences , not only on your performance in workouts, but also in your overall health.


In order to look at our nutrition we need to know where we are right now. For this weeks blog I want you to think about the last three meals you have had to eat. They can be snacks, or real meals. Write down everything that you have put into your mouth for your past three eating sessions, be sure to include drinks, that pack of skittles, the piece of pizza after school, everything.