food for endurence

[Allon]

Anyone know what foods or supplements are optimal for endurence (high reps 15-30)
I really feel I need to up my endurence so I am combining it into my workouts and was wondering what foods and sups are best. I think Creatine which I just started is probably more for strength not so much for endurence, correct? Also in this case are carbs are more important than Pro?

 

[chewyxrage]

If your losing your energy in the middle of your workout I would suggest a drink like gatorade to replenish your energy.

 

[ashley2212]

Anyone know what foods or supplements are optimal for endurence (high reps 15-30)
I really feel I need to up my endurence so I am combining it into my workouts and was wondering what foods and sups are best. I think Creatine which I just started is probably more for strength not so much for endurence, correct? Also in this case are carbs are more important than Pro?

I've heard bad things from athletes that I've known that used creatine. They had muscle cramps and the bloating didn't help much either. Generally athletes do need more carbs for energy. I doubt any of the Olympians are on the Atkins diet.

I'm not exactly sure what it is you're looking to achieve though... speed? lean muscle? cardiovascular endurance?

 

[Allon]

I'm looking to be able to do 15-30 reps with more and more weight, not speed so much. Just want to be able to build up a higher endurence on exercises where lactic acid is a factor...

 

[anthrax]

Low GI carbs like oats should help

 

[Allon]

Thanks, so if I understand correctly, carbs would get me towards my goals more than protein and creatine would in this case?

 

[chewyxrage]

I would continue with the creatine, just make sure you drank a lot of water with it. You could mix it with carbs pre workout too.

 

[anthrax]

Thanks, so if I understand correctly, carbs would get me towards my goals more than protein and creatine would in this case?

You need both creatine and carbs pre-WO and proteins and carbs post WO

 

[Allon]

Thanks guys, that was what I was looking for! Karma to you

 

[drbones2]

I think a lot of this is going to be conditioning. I used to try and hit sets of 5 about a year and a half ago, then tried doing some sets of 15 a few weeks later. Even with rediculously light weight... I was having problems.

Creatine and oats will help a bit, but you really need to condition your muscles so they are both trained to lift that many reps, and have a higher lactic acid threshold.

 

[Allon]

I think a lot of this is going to be conditioning. I used to try and hit sets of 5 about a year and a half ago, then tried doing some sets of 15 a few weeks later. Even with rediculously light weight... I was having problems.

Creatine and oats will help a bit, but you really need to condition your muscles so they are both trained to lift that many reps, and have a higher lactic acid threshold.

Thanks man, yep I am definitely going to be trying to do that. I just finished the first two weeks of HST doing 15 reps and it was really hard for really low weights compared to what I can do for 10 reps and I was thinking of incorporating 15 - 30 rep sets into any routing I do in the future, even if I am doing mainly 6-8 reps on that routine, to have at least one or two sets per body part also with high reps, just to cover the lactic acid endurence...
Definitely training in that rep range and I will eventually progress but I wanted to cover the food aspect of this also.

 

[cockdesiel]

well If youre eating enough during the day 6 plus meals and your carbs are adequate you shouldnt have to many problems besides what drbones 2 has already shared with you. I trick I picked up from arnold schwarz. is eating a few grapes in between training sessions. Just a few though, not a meal. To my surprise, it was a great pick-me up