Combat Sports Nutrition---Starting Your Day Off Right With An Anabolic Breakfast

Combat Sports Nutrition---Starting Your Day Off Right With An Anabolic Breakfast

Combat sports such as boxing,mixed martial arts,wrestling and different types of martial arts require an inordinate amount of physical stamina, and toughness. Along with that the determination physically to win. But without the addition of solid nutrition beyond what the average person requires,you tend to be physically sore more often,feeling sick even, and atrophied muscle that doesn't burn calories or blowtorch body fat like the pro combat sports participant you are.

Nutrition and eating properly is more than half the game in combat sports and training. Ever watch a UFC show where it shows what they eat daily. That is what you should be eating. What I'm going to do is show you a recipe to get your body starting off like a “blast furnace” to burn calories and get the anabolic trigger in your muscles and organs started the right way.



I'm going to keep this simple for out purposes here. There are certain foods that are more anabolic than others. Foods such as plain oatmeal,eggs,lean beef and certain types of vegetables. These foods stimulate the pituitary gland and secrete certain types of hormones and travel to the testes to produce more testosterone and muscle building cells.



Okay here is the breakfast to blast off your day with!



This is how I start everyday even if I don't feel like eating breakfast. To me every meal is important, not just brekkie.



4 eggs—use 3 whole eggs and take the yolk out of the fourth
Dice up some onions and cucumber and add some spices like black pepper or cayenne pepper
Mix all this in a plastic bowl and microwave for 2 or 3 minutes. I have a crappy microwave and it takes that long.

Now, toast two slices of 100% whole wheat toast. Just have the toast plain. No butter, no peanut butter either.



Have a small piece of fruit like a banana,apple or peach, for some extra fiber,vitamins and minerals



This is a small meal and well worth it to get the anabolic drive going in your body.



The eggs you'll want to either cook them in the microwave or with a pan on the stove top. Up to you. You may like them a little runny or harder like me. You may think having 3 yolks is excessive, but you need the extra cholesterol and saturated fat in the morning. Especially if you train hard daily. The fat also acts as an energy source for workouts and daily physical activity.



I'll have more comprehensive meals in future recipe articles for you guys and gals who include sports supplements we love so much.



Nutritional Value of Meal:



I wouldn't worry too much about calories, but always make sure protein is always a part of your meals. And don't have more fat than protein. We want to recover from workouts,retain and grow muscle, and stay healthy. Especially for you combat sports lads.



Eggs—The eggs I use are normal size and are 70 calories each with 6 grams of protein and 6 grams fat
For 4 eggs that is 24 grams protein and 18 grams of fat. Remember, one yolk is taken out. You have the added onions and cucumber which are raw foods and very little trace amounts of any fat,protein or calories.



Toast—2 slices dempsters whole wheat bread has 180 calories,3 grams of fat and 6 grams protein. And has 32 grams of carbohyhrates.



One piece of fruit. A small one. I like bananas frankly. They have approximately 110 calories and 30 grams of carbs. They also have 1 gram of protein.



So, you'll have approximately 550 to 600 calories in your breakfast. 21 grams of fat. As well you will have between 60 and grams of carbs and 31 grams of protein.



I think this is a simple way to start the day. Even make it at night so all you have to do is slide the eggs into the microwave and toast your bread. Or make it before you go to work. Sometimes I'm smart.



Hope you use this meal to help your combat sports ambitions. Got get em!