After an hour athletes should get out and replenish themselves with a carbs, proteins, water and electrolytes. Liquids to drink during practice that are not going to be as intense should be water. On the harder days of training an athlete should drink watered down sports drink or just the sports drink. These sports drink help to give you carbs, sodium, and fluids that you have lost during training. Depending on your body type most athletes should only be taking in fluids in the middle of training or a small snack with carbs. Eating protein and carbs during exercise can prevent muscles from breakdown and provides immediate fuel source. Eating during exercise is only beneficial under certain circumstances such as an athlete doing long intense training, people who are trying to gain mass or muscle, and endurance athletes. For athletes doing more than two hours, every hour they will want to consume 15 gram of protein and 30-45 grams of fat. The reason athletes can do this is because this need the extra fats to run off of as another energy
After an hour athletes should get out and replenish themselves with a carbs, proteins, water and electrolytes. Liquids to drink during practice that are not going to be as intense should be water. On the harder days of training an athlete should drink watered down sports drink or just the sports drink. These sports drink help to give you carbs, sodium, and fluids that you have lost during training. Depending on your body type most athletes should only be taking in fluids in the middle of training or a small snack with carbs. Eating protein and carbs during exercise can prevent muscles from breakdown and provides immediate fuel source. Eating during exercise is only beneficial under certain circumstances such as an athlete doing long intense training, people who are trying to gain mass or muscle, and endurance athletes. For athletes doing more than two hours, every hour they will want to consume 15 gram of protein and 30-45 grams of fat. The reason athletes can do this is because this need the extra fats to run off of as another energy