Re-enegergizing after work

[Nate Dogg]

its just like a lucazade

[Kid Achilles]

Listen to Fraid and the King.

Soda is terrible **** to put in you if you're a fighter. Treat it like alcohol and save it for special ocassions only.

[KingDosia]

At my age im not affected by the bad **** i eat so i got at least a couple years to worry about eating extremely healthy. 170 , 6'1, 6 % body fat, im really not worried too much about what i eat. But thats what wakes me up.

Not sure if you want a career in boxing or just doing right now, but your attitude towards your diet is not a good one to have in this sport. If there were a sport you needed to treat your body like a temple it is boxing. Fighting and the training that goes in to being COMPETITIVE takes a toll on your body. And you need a strict diet and nutrition plan. Cut the garbage now so you won't have to later. You think you are not affected now, you are wrong try a better diet for a month and see how much more energy and vetality you have even at a young age it will suprize you. Trust me.

[Ringo]

Post workout - small serving of rice and Kool-Aid. Seriously. The body needs the carbs for energy, but it needs a shuttle to get nutrients to the muscles. Shuttle = sugar. Down a 6oz glass of something sugary (sunny d is a good one, too), but not something that will tear up your insides, teeth, etc. like soda. Long grain brown/white rice is a great complex carb. Also, a good sized sweet potato is GOLDEN for energy gain.

As an aside - protein is also good for post-workout, but the time crunch isnt mandantory. As long as you put something meaty in your body within an hour or so, your good.

[yrrej]

It doesn't get any better as you get older. A nap is good, but I don't sleep in the day very well, so usually sit and read for a bit, they drag my tired ass out to the gym. Usually, if I start easy, I work into it after a while. If very tired, I just make sure to hit the sack and hour or so early. Sleep seems to be just as important as training....