Getting Ready for Sport Camps: Don’t Forget your Fuel!
Posted Jul 13 2011 11:00am
Thanks to Amy Mutala, a rising senior at St. George’s Independent School in Collierville, TN, for sharing her fueling strategies. Good luck at camp Amy!
Summer sports camps are underway. Do you have the right food to keep you fueled throughout camp? I am going to a competitive volleyball camp for 4 days, and will be playing about 7 hours each day. It will be important for me to keep hydrated and well fed so I can perform all day. I will be eating meals in a college cafeteria, and hopefully the food will taste good and give me the energy I need! These meals will most likely not be enough so and I will plan to do lots of snacking. I need to pack all of my snacks to fly to camp. My plan is to bring liquid-free and compact snacks.
I like a selection of different snacks, so I decided to make my own trail mix. I chose salted pretzels, Kashi Cereal, Life Cereal, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, and dark chocolate chip morsels (my favorite). The salted pretzels will help with my hydration and the cereals will provide carbs for quick energy. The nuts provide protein and fat for staying power and the chocolate will be a tasty addition. I made 3 large sandwich bags of this mix. That should be plenty for me to eat and share with other players. I also bought mini Clif bars for a quick source of protein. They are also quick and easy to eat on a walk to/from the gym. I am hoping to have enough room in my bag so I can also bring some apples since sometimes fruit options aren’t readily available at camps.
Hydration is very important during camp! Since I will be playing and sweating all day, I have to have a hydration strategy. I will bring two large water bottles and hopefully the camp will have some water and/or sports drink stations available for our use. I will drink plenty of water but that will not replenish the carbs and electrolytes lost. So, Gatorade powder, which is compact for travel and easy for me to mix into a large water bottle, is packed in my luggage. I am also bringing Clif Shot Bloks , which are tasty gummies that contain carbs and electrolytes. I like these, because I can eat them faster than drinking a large bottle of Gatorade. Hopefully, this will be enough to help keep myself fueled, hydrated, and performing well. I’m glad I have a plan!!
Thanks to Amy Mutala, a rising senior at St. George’s Independent School in Collierville, TN, for sharing her fueling strategies. Good luck at camp Amy!
Summer sports camps are underway. Do you have the right food to keep you fueled throughout camp? I am going to a competitive volleyball camp for 4 days, and will be playing about 7 hours each day. It will be important for me to keep hydrated and well fed so I can perform all day. I will be eating meals in a college cafeteria, and hopefully the food will taste good and give me the energy I need! These meals will most likely not be enough so and I will plan to do lots of snacking. I need to pack all of my snacks to fly to camp. My plan is to bring liquid-free and compact snacks.
I like a selection of different snacks, so I decided to make my own trail mix. I chose salted pretzels, Kashi Cereal, Life Cereal,
almonds, walnuts, peanuts, and dark chocolate chip morsels (my favorite). The salted pretzels will help with my hydration and the cereals will provide carbs for quick energy. The nuts provide protein and fat for staying power and the chocolate will be a tasty addition. I made 3 large sandwich bags of this mix. That should be plenty for me to eat and share with other players. I also bought mini Clif bars for a quick source of protein. They are also quick and easy to eat on a walk to/from the gym. I am hoping to have enough room in my bag so I can also bring some apples since sometimes fruit options aren’t readily available at camps.
Hydration is very important during camp! Since I will be playing and sweating all day, I have to have a hydration strategy. I will bring two large water bottles and hopefully the camp will have some water and/or sports drink stations available for our use. I will drink plenty of water but that will not replenish the carbs and electrolytes lost. So, Gatorade powder, which is compact for travel and easy for me to mix into a large water bottle, is packed in my luggage. I am also bringing Clif Shot Bloks , which are tasty gummies that contain carbs and electrolytes. I like these, because I can eat them faster than drinking a large bottle of Gatorade. Hopefully, this will be enough to help keep myself fueled, hydrated, and performing well. I’m glad I have a plan!!