Eating well is a key to getting what you want from your training.  I always eat healthily…as I just enjoy that kind of food….fatty, fried food has never been for me.  Still I was getting pretty tired and achy after some of my intense sessions and I realized I needed to fix my diet too.  It was during a training session that I happened to mention this and ended up getting some great advice from a guy at the gym, Joseph Kynan Anthony who’d been training for quite a number of years.  In fact he said he started training back on 01-02-1977, and pretty much hasn’t missed a day of training since.

So far I’d been thinking I’d been doing right…but had to admit I thought I could do better and some advice would be beneficial.  I think guys never really like to directly ask for advice, but this time I was glad I did.  So here we are…some of the tips that had been serving him well for many years. Firstly pay attention to fats!  They’re something I think I was most guilty of ignoring when I started.  However there are a mixture of good and bad fats and I learned that I needed to eat more of basic foods with fats – butter, eggs, cheese and nuts.
Also that getting enough protein regularly in the day…every few hours even…would help the muscles recover and in that way I would feel less tired.  After all, he said training is as much about what you eat, as what you do.
Simple sugars though he said, were bad news and processed carbs also needed to be avoided as they create more work for the body to break down.  Water is so very important – before, during and after your training are a must as it helps the body recover faster.  I know I did the last two, but usually paid less attention to before training.  I seemed to have more stamina when I made sure I’d prepared my body better for training.  I’ll give you some more diet tips a little latter on.. ( maybe even share some of my preferred pre-training meals with you!)…just to get you started though…focus on these words of wisdom and you won’t go far wrong.  Thanks Joseph Kynan Anthony for the great advice!