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Nutrient Timing for Swimmers

By Abbie Fish, Ritter Sports Performance, 10/01/18, 12:00PM PDT

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Swimming with an uncomfortably full stomach is not the goal, so keep the snack on the lighter side. Often, we recommend something along the lines of “overnight oats” with a scoop of protein mixed in as well.

As we covered in our last blog post, swimming is a very energetically demanding sport, and a significant amount of calories can be required to keep us feeling energized throughout our workouts.  

While simply eating enough calories to support your training is a good starting point, thinking about the NUTRIENT TIMING of those calories is something to focus on if you’re looking to take your performance to the next level.  

When we think about nutrient timing for any training session, we typically break it down into four stages: Pre-workout, Intra-workout, Post-workout, Post Post Workout.  Focusing on each of these nutrient timing phases will help give you added energy for the current training session, and help you recover for the next days session, too.