Nutrition 101 with Tara Postnikoff

• 3:00 your daily nutrition and what you may want to add to your current routine.
  • Add vegetables: 7-10 cups per day
  • Add protein in divided doses: 0.8g – 1.4g of protein per kg of LEAN body mass. Which works out to be 1.0g – 1.7g per kg of TOTAL body mass for someone with a body fat percentage of 15. I (ML) have heard of higher numbers myself, in the range of 1.2g – 2.0g / kg of total body mass.
• 12:00 on protein sources
• 16:00 high protein breakfast options
• 17:00 water: 2-3L / day PLUS exercise requirements
• 24:30 carbs or fat?
• 30:30 on carb periodization: keep it simple!
• 34:30 what about fruit?
• 36:00 avoid fruit juice and dried fruit (outside of training)
• 38:00 nutrition to support training
  • 39:30 – easy / recovery workouts: hydrate and fuel lightly if possible
  • 42:00 – intense workouts / tests: proactively fuel with carbs
  • 45:00 – long, endurance workouts: pre-fuel with carbs, water, carbs, sodium during
• 51:45 sources of carbs during training
• 56:00 sodium: useful for 3+ hour efforts
  • Large individual variability in sweat salt content: 500mg/L to 2000mg/L
• 59:15 sweat concentration testing
• 1:00:00 sweat rate testing
• 1:02:15 post workout window 30-120 minutes, prioritize quality of nutrition
  • Rehydrate
  • Replenish glycogen
  • Help repair with protein: 15-30g
• 1:05:45 genetic testing
  • 1:07:15 caffeine

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