Which are the foods that a swimmer won’t give up on? Let’s find out!
We’ve already discussed the connection between swimmers and their food habits. Putting aside what’s best food to eat before or after a workout, at a race, we’ve looked at what swimmers like to eat (a lot of).
There are many important foods, each one having their own specific characteristics and are suggested for different reasons. Some foods are recommended when wanting to recover physically after a tough workout or race, others are recommended in order to have the right amount of energy before a workout, etc.
Besides those, there are foods that a lot of swimmers enjoy to eat just for the sake of it and perhaps eat them every day. How was I able to choose just 3 of these? I asked myself: “If I were to go to practice on a desert island which would be the 3 foods that I would bring?”. Obviously it’s a bit of a surreal situation, but if that were ever to happen to me, I would bring:
Pasta
It’s not the first on the list by pure coincidence and I think a lot of people would put pasta as the number one thing they’d bring. A nice plate of pasta allows you to obtain a good amount of carbohydrates giving you the energy needed for your workout. If you also consider the…