The top athletes benefit from expert advice on nutrition to better prepare for the tests. But the diet is to serve all athletes , whether on Sunday or week . Fans should also learn to eat well to better live their passion, bodybuilding.
Knowing the right fuel
According to the performed activity , physical exertion is in power or endurance. The fuel consumed by the muscles are then not the same. Fitness , strength sports , are sports sprint power . Jogging , walking, or even to another level , marathon, triathlon endurance sports .
When working in power , the muscle does not consume oxygen to produce energy. This is called anaerobic activity . Phosphorus is involved in starting the business, but especially glucose which provides most of the energy . Glucose is then made by what is known as simple sugars . A piece of sugar before a violent effort makes immediately easier.
When working in power , the muscle does not consume oxygen to produce energy.
In endurance work when stress is prolonged , the oxygen consumption increases, because the muscles then operate as a conventional combustion engine : it is aerobic activity . The fuels are muscle glycogen ( made from the carbohydrates we consume by eating grains or starches) and especially lipids that are the only source of almost inexhaustible our body to find energy reserves .