What additional nutrition should I consider when starting to train in Muay Thai?
I'm working out 3 days a week for 1 hour - Muay Thai kickboxing + the same amount of time pumping iron at the gym. The Muay Thai involves:
Full contact sparring
Leg and arm conditioning (taking hits)
Intensive core, leg and arm cardio
I have a reasonable healthy western diet, but it's quite random and unhealthy at times too.
Are there either any specific nutritional based additions or changes that I should make to my diet to ensure I get enough to maintain current muscle and recover from my activities?
I don't include my current diet because I only want core or optional food products that would enhance regular hard sparring (muscle damage/bruising). It's a bonus if such things are already part of my diet.
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I have three things that I changed about my diet when I started training in martial arts:
Drink more water. I drink a gallon a
day. You'd be surprised how much you
sweat while working out. Have you
ever weighed yourself before and
after a heavy leg day for example?
Take a fish oil or other omega-3
fatty acid supplement. Once you get
into training kicking and punching in
earnest, your knees and elbows may
start to ache. I found that a daily
fish oil dose cured almost all my
aches and pains.
Finally, take a multi and lift heavy.
You said you have a randomly healthy
diet already. I'm not sure what that
means, but adding a multi vitamin
couldn't hurt. This is pretty
standard advice for anybody however.
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