ENDURANCE & PERFORMANCE NUTRITION

The different types of sports performance

Whatever the physical activity that one practices, it necessarily requires one or more abilities, depending on the type of contraction required. The 3 main physical qualities are:

Muscular endurance

Endurance sports are among the most popular and accessible. They recruit the red, slow fibres as well as the aerobic pathway. Running, cycling and all long-distance events such as marathons and triathlons are purely long-distance sports.
A distinction is made between active endurance, which represents an effort where the heart rate is high, and fundamental endurance, where the intensity of the effort is more moderate.
Strength is the ability to lift or move a mass. Sports activities that require strength are powerlifting, weightlifting or strongmen.
Speed is about performing a movement in the shortest possible time. Sprinting is the sport of speed par excellence.  

How do you become more resilient?

By a specific physical preparation including muscular reinforcement and optimisation of the aerobic pathway. 

By monitoring your energy intake. This pathway uses all the substrates and oxygen to enable the effort to be produced. Favour slow sugars, easily digestible proteins and oils rich in unsaturated fatty acids. 

By watching your body weight. The heavier you are, the more your ability to produce long efforts is reduced. Make sure you stay close to your body weight throughout the year. 

By adopting the right supplements. Energy drink formulas, boosters, amino acids and fat burners such as l-carnitine are real energy boosters to improve pure performance and training output. 

By optimising muscle recovery. Monitor your recovery, regardless of your sport or the type of physical effort. Muscle contractions, the duration of exercise and the intensity with which you have trained influence your ability to recover and progress. Muscles need to recover, but so does the nervous system. To optimise your recovery, stretching and self-massage are excellent tools, in addition to rest. Place one (active) recovery day every two days of training.