How to enhance sporting performance

Physical exercise equals health, equals sport, equals life. It also has a strong incentive for anyone who does it: it increases sporting performance. To run further, jump higher, be more flexible and stronger than last year…in short, to gradually improve your performance. Therefore, in Probelte Pharma’stherapeutic nutrition blog, we provide a few tips on how to scratch that itch and boost your sporting performance. Fancy giving it a go?

Diet

Yes, this is the key to everything, the be-all and end-all of sporting performance. However, we don’t actually give this a great deal thought, even though it is one of the keys to enhancing sporting performance. A good diet, tailored to your needs and goals, is vital to achieve your objectives and improve your physical fitness.

To get yourself in shape, you should cut down on excess animal fats like butter, sausages and meat products (bacon, sausage, etc.), as well as sugary or fizzy drinks, including beer. And of course you should forget about processed baked goods, whose saturated fats have no benefits whatsoever for your performance.

Base what you eat on the Mediterranean diet (fruits, vegetables, legumes) combined with food supplements like Keriba Sport, to get those vitamins and nutrients that you can’t always get from your diet, and Secret to Live, which will provide you with healthy fats because it contains extra virgin olive oil and an extra supply of antioxidants thanks to its high concentration of hydroxytyrosol.

Warming up is vital

Once you are getting the nutrients you need, the next thing to look at is the physical exercise you are doing. Be aware that the way you prepare for it is vitally important. It is definitely not a good idea to do exercise without warming up beforehand, not only to avoid injuries, but also to prepare your body and enhance your sporting performance little by little.

Stretch all your muscles, focusing mainly on the ones you are going to be working the hardest. And remember, a good warm-up should be of moderate and light intensity so you don’t use up too much energy.

Having started your training with an all-important warm-up, you should end it by stretching. This will prevent any uncomfortable stiffness that might prevent you from doing normal activities the following day. Also, as with the warm-up, stretching will prevent a lot of injuries.

To exercise, your batteries need to be fully charged

This may be one of the rules that we tend to forget the most. Sometimes we do sport without being passionate enough to push ourselves, and that is a mistake. You need to be 100% both physically and mentally.

There are some tips on how to achieve this, for example with music. Choose a good playlist (make sure the songs motivate you), a suitable space, visualise your goal, and everything will be much more bearable.

You have to sleep to perform well

Rest is essential for enhancing sporting performance. It is important both when resting between exercises and when going to sleep at night. Try to sleep in complete darkness, eliminating any light sources, after having a light dinner for a much more restful night’s sleep. This will allow your body to completely restore itself by renewing your neurons and boosting your growth hormone.

These are a few tips on how to enhance your sporting performance. What about you? What do you use?