How important is nutrition for gains in vertical?
What kind’ve nutrition plan do you think guys like Vince Carter, Michael Jordan, Spud Webb or (insert whomever you want here) are on? Most good athletes eat copious amounts of food. Usually a significant portion of that food is made up of items that aren’t necessarily concluded super clean. Afterall, McDonalds was the fare of choice at the last olympic games. From a performance perspective it is important that you get enough of the basic macronutrients – protein and carbohydrates. As the above example should illustrate, where you get those macronutrients is not really important – at least not in the short-term. KFC vs Chicken breasts?? Thirty years down the road there might be a negative impact but in the short term the body can run off anything. However, when it comes to making changes in your body composition (losing fat or gaining muscle), what you eat is more important for the following reasons: 1. Losing fat is mostly about reducing calorie intake. The problem with most standard d
