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Food Type and Timing for Training and Matches

Maintenance Fuel - Protect – Protect –


- Protein Carbohydrate Fruit + Veg Healthy Fats

1 portion – 1 1 portion – 1 (fruit) 1 portion – 1


1 portion – a palm
cupped handful or 2 (veg) handfuls thumb

PERFORMANCE PLATES TRAINING PERFORMANCE PLATES MATCH DAY

The 2 most important meals for training Match day meals are essential to provide
are your pre and post-training meals. you with the fuel you need for 90 minutes
Your pre-training meal serves to provide of high-intensity work and to help
you enough fuel to meet the demands of accelerate your recovery. Larger quantities
the session, while your post-training meal of carbohydrates (FUEL) are needed to
helps your muscles to adapt and load up the muscles and liver for
replenish your depleted fuel stores. performance.

1 portion FUEL 2 portions of FUEL


1 portion MAINTENANCE 1 portion MAINTENANCE
1 portion PROTECT 1 portion PROTECT
1 glass FLUIDS (minimum) 1 glass FLUIDS (minimum)

FUEL PROTECT FUEL PROTECT

M AINTENA
FUEL NCE
M AINTENANCE

Maintenance - Protect – Healthy


Fuel - Carbohydrate Protect – Fruit + Veg
Protein Fats

Chicken Greek Oats Quinoa Broccoli Blueberry Extra virgin olive oil
Turkey Yoghurt Muesli Lentils Spinach Blackberry Rapeseed oil
Beef (low-fat) Rice Sweet Beetroot Raspberry Seeds (chia, flax,
Eggs Beans (wholegrai Potato Onion Apples sunflower)
Salmon (kidney, n, basmati, Barley Rocket Pears Nuts (walnut, almond,
Tuna black, wild) Rye Green Kiwi macadamia, pistachio)
Prawns pinto) Whole- Whole- Beans Melon Avocado
Tofu Lentils wheat grain Tomatoes Cherries Oily Fish
Quinoa Chickpeas pasta Bread

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