How do I get the best results when playing or training?

Introduction If you eat and drink the right foods, at the right time, you can make quick and lasting improvements to both your stamina, energy and recovery (less aches and sprains). Even simple changes, without having to buy any products, can often lead to dramatic results. The advantage of buying specialised products is that it is often far easier, and required less planning.  But if you are prepared to develop a simple plan (and stick to it) the results will be worth the effort. For example if you are taking exercise on an empty fuel tank, or one containing the wrong fuel, you can end up feeling tired all the time, have problems concentrating, shorten your stamina and endurance or take longer to recover. How many people play tennis on a Sunday morning, having only had a very light breakfast - without spending any time considering the nutritional value ? Or similarly how tempting is it to celebrate (or commiserate) afterwards with a few drinks? However simply by focussing on 3 main items you will see improvements in your results - whether that is by adding products, like some of the examples below, or making sure you focus on the right foods to eat and drink. There are 3 main items to boosting sport results : Using the right fuel. Replace lost electrolytes and other nutrients. Recovery and Repair   What worked ? Success Story 1 : "I now have stamina to burn and have never felt better or healthier before" For Fran's full example see below

Item A - Using the right 'Fuel'

Probably the single most important change you can make to improve your football results is to use the right 'fuel' before starting.

The right food / drink will not only provide you with an instant energy lift but will also achieve lasting results. (to help with stamina and performance).

 

Most Common Fuel Types (what's your fuel ?) None - I don't want to eat before playing A mars bar or other snack Fruit, such as a banana Glucose drink, or other supplement Herbalife Low GI index formula 1 A bit of toast, cereal or a sandwich Other

 

Sports Nutrition + Low GI Foods

If you look at the list above you will see a variety of different foods, each has their own advantage - but to get the best possible football results focus on low Glycemic Index (GI)I foods.

All foods convert to blood sugar-some fast, some slow -and the Glycemic Index measures the rate the conversion takes place.

When you eat high-glycemic foods, your blood sugar levels soar which might give you an instant energy lift ; but when this happens your pancreas produces insulin.

Here's how it relates to your tennis, squash or badminton results:

• When you overproduce insulin, you clear the sugars out of your blood-the end result is that you are now hypoglycemic.

• What does that mean?

• Blood sugar levels are lower than they should be,

• "you crash" or get lethargic, and now your body craves sugars.

• So what next? You have to 'top up' again - the time depends on what you have eaten.

Because if you switch to low-glycemic foods, the energy release is gradual and long lasting which is ideal for tennis, as you do not tax your pancreas, you feel better and your stamina and performance improves.

It also means that you will improve your performance over the full sets, and will particularly help your concentration and focus in the 2nd or 3rd set.

If you want to select low GI foods then at the bottom of this page is the link to the most popular foods and their GI index. On the other hand a very simple method is to simply drink a product like Herbalife Formula 1, diluted in fruit juice, thirty minutes before starting your game. It provides immediate fuel (carbohydrates) and helps spare the stored fuel in muscles (muscle glycogen). With your order we send you recommended usage info, which depends on the intensity of the exercise ie training or a game.

Boost your results by adding a low GI index drink For more details on the GI index click here

If your body was a Formula 1 Racing Car .....

Wouldn't you insist on using the right fuel ?

Example - Fran Lost 3 kilos and improved my marathon times I thought that I was reasonably fit and healthy and weighed in at a satisfactory weight of 63-65 kgs. However, I was feeling the strain of a demanding business, work related travel, three small children, keeping up with the garden, training for and running 1/2 marathons, tennis and wherever possible skiing. On top of all this I had to deal with asthma and continual hay fever. This was all until I was introduced to Shapeworks. I managed to lose about 3 kilos but what was really amazing was the centimetres I lost, especially with my legs. My whole body just "firmed up". I now have stamina to burn and have never felt better or healthier before. Thanks to Shapeworks I am continuing to better my Marathon times and feel fantastic. Fran Results ?  Lost 3 kg / firmed up, more energy and stamina For the products she used :  click here

Item B. Replace lost electrolytes and other nutrients.

The research mentioned earlier also found that in addition to the games played, the heart beat was on average 157 bmp - i.e. your heart (and blood flow) is working very hard to get the oxygen and nutrient to your muscles.

That is why adding a product like Niteworks is so important.