#7: Food Matters
I haven’t had a drink in 15 years, but I am addicted to two things: caffeine and ice cream. When I started this last round of training, I had a gut. Konstantin was constantly harping on my daily ice cream habit.
What I finally realized is that it’s not only how much bad stuff you eat but how much good stuff that matters. Protein is really important if you are training hard. Konstantin advised me to get pretty much any 10-percent whey protein drink and drink it before and after every workout.
Over time, I realized that the protein cut my desire to pig out on ice cream or other empty calories. It also gave me a baseline of nutrition that made me tend to eat better.
Of course, eating during long athletic activities like the five-hour, 65-mile ride my buddies and I took the second time out in LA is essential too. Sports bars, sports drinks, and bananas are all really important to a solid performance.
Next: Gut Check Time
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