Nutrition Confusion
Hi Steph
I’m Petar from Bulgaria and will try to waist some of your time.
Well what’s the story …started climbing 5 years ago and was captured by long alpine routes in any form. Always trying to push myself in that environment, so never actually reached my max the grade. Also a year after started climbing stopped eating meat (couldn’t regard myself even as a vegetarian ..still eat fish from time to time) .
And then I had to recover from a muscle injury (not connected with the climbing itself).
As a part of the process had to took krealkalin (kind of keratin). During that time I started climbing again, however around my new place there’s no alpine stuffs so got indoor.
Got to my previous level and so on then a month ago stopped taking keratin how was advised by my doctor.
As a result from that or from really hard training session I started feel my body kind waisted, hard to recover and so on.
I got confused. Climbing is not a sport for me and I don’t want to evolve any sports elements in, its about my own ability and the nature.
It’s all about adventure. However I found that to feel this adventure I need to do more harder, further (know what I mean).
So the obvious question is regarding to your experience is there a way to recovering our bodies on a high (athlete) level with normal food and lifestyle without any extra stuffs.
Well I think that’s all, would like to wish you dreaming summer and have fun.
Greetings
Hi Petar,
Thanks for writing to me from Bulgaria!
I think that any athlete should take B vitamins–I actually think anybody should take B vitamins. I also don’t like to take a lot of supplements, but I do think that Bs are mandatory. I also have been taking creatine and eleuthera for the last few months, and feel I’ve had increased strength, and I occasionally take iron that’s mixed with vitamin C.
I would suggest taking B vitamins and iron, and considering creatine additionally. This is a very little bit of supplements, but I’ve found it’s really worth it. Aside from that, think about your protein intake when you eat and look to get protein from your food: make sure you’re having a good mix of legumes, nuts and soy as your protein sources, and also be sure you’re including a lot of whole grains, dark green vegetables and fruit in your diet.
And of course: hydration!
Good luck with your training, recovery and adventure 🙂
Steph
