Sports Nutrition Game Plan Training for spring sports is just around the corner. Eating for competition means choosing the right foods to energize muscles during the event, and to rebuild for the next event. Try to eat small meals, loaded with carbohydrates before a sporting event. After an event, load up on carbohydrates within the first two hours.
Muscles take up more fuel right after a workout.
Choose carbo drinks, fruits, grains, whatever appeals to you. But don't forget the water. Drink two cups two hours before, one-half cup every fifteen minutes during, and afterwards, two cups for every pound you lost.