performance nutrition
Finding your nutritional training age
A fundamental error that a lot of people making when approaching their nutrition is biting off more than they can chew, pun intended - then getting overwhelmed, repeatedly failing and giving up entirely.
Nutrition shouldn't be so difficult to install that you can't do it consistently. It needs to be something that slots into your lifestyle.
What you'll find below are some really simple qualifiers that'll help you define what's appropriate for your lifestyle right now. We break nutritional interventions up into "training age" categories just like we do resistance training.
Find out below whether your'e better off starting at a beginner, intermediate or advanced level.
level one
beginner
Best for people who:
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Find tracking unsustainable.
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Need help building consistency.
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Want guidance to make better food choices
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level two
intermediate
Best for people who:
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Consistently make good food choices.
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Want some objective values to stick to, ie protein totals/hand measures.
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Are willing to track and measure what they eat.
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level three
advanced
Best for people who:
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Want clearly defined calorie and macro targets to stick to.
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Have the head space for consistent tracking and preparation.
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Want to maximise performance.
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level one
beginner nutrition
Daily Targets:
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Make time for 2-3 meals per day where you sit, eat and focus on chewing fully, putting your fork down between mouthfuls and being free of work or tech based distractions.
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Drink 1 litre of clean water for every 30kg of your bodyweight per day.
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With every meal consume 2-3 portions of fruits or vegetables and a palm sized portion of lean protein. Thats 6-9 portions of fruits or veg per day and 3 servings of lean protein.
Simple Meal Building
Simplify your food choices and easily construct simple and nutritious meals.
BLGs (Basic lifestyle guidelines)
Ignore the extremes, here are the few consistent behaviours that will support your training,
level two
intermediate nutrition
Daily Targets:
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All of the beginner targets above.
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Hit your protein requirements everyday (within 5-10%).
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All main meals are constructed from higher quality minimally processed foods.
level three
advanced nutrition
Daily Targets:
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All beginner and intermediate targets above.
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Stay within 5% of your calorie and macro targets.
Calculating Macros
If you love the numbers this article is for you. Get a good idea of exactly what you should be eating to support your goals.
Calculation to Construction
Take your calorie calculations and turn them into a balanced plate of food.
