Coach John Davies has been a tremendous help in physical prep for an obstacle course event we’re gettin ready for. Now that we have qualified(We’re entering as a family, me,husband and 11 yr son). Would like to know about Pre event nutrition. As a female competitor i will need to be lean yet be able to win the obstacle course. Carb load/deplete water ect. John Berardi, Surge has really helped our recovery. Have been following the taper diet but, have some more fat to lose. Have 3weeks left Aug 11 for the GaLaxy.
Are you doing the same type of training that Coach Davies has posted on T-mag for many of us? It seems as though the rope warm-up and GPP is prevalent in all his training programs. Is this true for you and your family’s training? I was just curious to see how this type of training carries over to other sports and activities.
our strategy Nate Dogg is just run threw the wall or simply scale it in a giant leap. Seriously obstacle courses are the ultimate in functional work, like Fireman challenges. In faith, Coach Davies
DAYUM, Coach, your athletes must be freakin’ awesome! They can leap over those walls? Holy Hot Potato Batman! Sign me up to train under Coach Davies! With results like that, I could be the next superhero! LOL! Good one Coach. I see what you mean. It’s interesting how this type of training carries over to so many different sports. Cool man, cool.
As far as pre event nutrition (for an obstacle course event) here are some tips:
- Do not carb deplete to be functional. Here is a simple loading strategy to prevent suffering: days 6,5,4,3 before the event just train really hard eating your normal diet…days 2,1 eat about 7-10g of carbs / kg of body weight (7g/kg for women and 10g for men). This will get you fully loaded and supercompensated.
- On the morning of the event, eat a meal about 3 hours prior to the event consisting of about 3 g /kg of carbs with some protein (20-30g) and some healthy fat (a bit of flax oil).
- About 10 minutes prior to the competition, drink about 1 g /kg of carbs in 500 ml water with about 3g glutamine and 3g BCAA.
THIS WILL HELP YOU PERFORM OPTIMALLY. IF YOU ARE LEAN ENOUGH, IT WONT BLUR YOUR DEFINITION BUT BE SURE NOT TO DRINK TOO MUCH WATER OR EAT TOO MUCH SALT ON THE CARB LOADING DAYS AS YOU MIGHT LOOK SMOOTH.
Basically ATTACK the course. The obstacles are just in the way. Thanks agaimn coach!
John Berardi, Our body weights are:
Brenda-115lbs
Bobby - 145lbs
Lil Anthony- 80lbs
Can you give us some simple meal plans
food or shakes for guidlines?
Thats difficult since you all will like/want diff foods. Besides, in 30 min you can do it yourself…First take wt in lbs and divide by 2.2 and you have wt in kg. On days 6,5,4,3 eat normal. Then on days 2 and 1 take in 7 or 10g of carbs / kg of body weight. That’s about 350g carbs for you. If you normally eat this amount just bump it up to 450g. Then eat your body weight (lbs) in protein (115g) and minimal fat. On the morning of the event, simply eat about (50kgx3)150g carbs for breakfast, 25g protein, and 1tbsp flax oil. Then right before the event, have 50g carbs in liquid, 3gbcaa, 3gglutamine in water. That’s it. Oh yea, be sure all carbs are low GI throughout the day and the only high GI carbs should be in the drink
John Berardi, Thanks for your help!