Nutritional Overview

A good diet may makes its greatest impact on your performance simply by helping you to recover more efficiently between training sessions. As improvements in performance are primarily the result of how well your body adapts to the stimulus of intensive and, above all, consistent training, it is important that the supply of carbohydrate is maintained to sustain glycogen reserves throughout. Without adequate energy reserves within the muscle, you will not be able to train to your full potential and, without training, there will only be minor improvements in performance. So it is vitally important to pay attention to eating habits throughout the year – not just in those days of competition.

• Eat regular meals. Never miss breakfast

• 50 – 60 % of a swimmers diet should consist of Carbohydrates

• Make sure you eat enough food to train. A swimmer who trains every day, should eat almost twice as much as if they didn't train