Kickboxing and nutrition

roakes · 13 Oct 2010 at 09:54

Hey all,

Took my first kickboxing class on Monday which involved warmup and stretches as well as some basic moves, felt fine after but then yesterday woke up with an aching calf which I think I have managed to pull as it's the same today. I believe the warmup and stretches during the class should have sufficed but I believe my nutrition may be lacking for the type of exercise I'm taking up.

Basically at the moment as I haven't been exercising I have been eating a moderately low carb diet consisting of...

7am: All Bran with skimmed milk

11am: Apple

1pm:Mixed salad, Chicken breast, Low fat dressing

3pm: Banana

5pm: Mixed salad, some kind of meat

All while drinking around 1.5 to 2 litres of water a day.

Now to begin with the classes are only every Monday but once the initial training period is complete it will be Mondays and Thursdays. I'm certainly in no state to have to do it all again tomorrow at the moment and I'd like to stop this from happening again, or at least reduce the chance.

So...any recommendations? I heard sports drinks during/after training can help but hard to know which are effective? All new to me this exercise malarkey

Thanks

Russ

dustiestrat · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:52

sounds pretty close to my diet at the moment but i usually have some form of carbs about 4-5 so it digested and the energy stores are there for mma and bjj classes on tues,wed,thur and a recovery protein shake after just before bed .i cut the carbs on days im not training or completly if i'm cutting weight for a fight. what was you doing before you took up your first class?

Paul11 · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:53

doesnt look like a lot of food if you are training hard

why are you eating so little carbs ?

are you trying to lose fat ?

roakes · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:55

Before...in what sense?

So I could do with taking in some carbs (any special recommendations or just some pasta?) on the day of the class a few hours before and then have a protein shake after (again any recommendations?)

Thanks for your response, need some advice as it's all new to me.

roakes · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:56

Paul11 said:
doesnt look like a lot of food if you are training hard

why are you eating so little carbs ?

are you trying to lose fat ?

I wouldnt say training hard, just one day a week at the class. But yeah the low carb was to keep my weight down/lose some.

panthro · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:58

Its your first class; your body is getting used to moving and stretching in ways it hasnt before. Just give it some time, but continue pushing yourself with the stretching.

dustiestrat · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:09

yeah carbs are a must otherwise your'll feel really lethargic and wont be able to train as hard as you could try and keep them complex so something like brown pasta will be fine. theres a lot of recovery shakes on the market i use biorhythm after glow which isnt to bad its just to feed your muscles after training.

When i asked what you done before meant if you went from nothing or a lil cardio trainning to kickboxing its gonna hit your body in ways its never known and you will feel tender for a few days your body will get use to it after a few sessions though so keep at it.

roakes · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:16

dustiestrat said:
yeah carbs are a must otherwise your'll feel really lethargic and wont be able to train as hard as you could try and keep them complex so something like brown pasta will be fine. theres a lot of recovery shakes on the market i use biorhythm after glow which isnt to bad its just to feed your muscles after training.

When i asked what you done before meant if you went from nothing or a lil cardio trainning to kickboxing its gonna hit your body in ways its never known and you will feel tender for a few days your body will get use to it after a few sessions though so keep at it.

Ah well then yes going from nothing really, only used to do some daily sessions on the exercise bike a few months back. I'll start on the pasta before sessions now then and pick up some shakes.

Much appreciated!

dustiestrat · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:34

no worries just make sure you give it about 2 hours to digest or you will bring it back up trust me on this lol but yeah it should help.

tom_e · 13 Oct 2010 at 13:48

Your best bet to stop it happening again is to take up a daily stretching routine, spend half an hour each day just going through some stretches or foam rolling to help loosen yourself up and improve flexibility