Andrew Hurst

By ANDREW HURST

While the average client is typically trying to increase life quality, we also do train adults and teens for sport specific reasons. We always use the same philosophy no matter the client’s age, meaning techniques used now for a teenager will be utilizable training methods even as they age and cease playing their sport, or go on to college and a professional career. With summer forthcoming for students everywhere, we would love to have your adults-to-be to come in and spend the summer with us.

Speaking from personal experience and observation, proper training makes every single difference when it comes to being “okay” at a sport and being recruited to the college you want to go to for your sport. And, I cannot stress this enough, the difference between “getting looked at” and being heavily recruited/excelling at your sport (everything else being fairly equal) is DIET AND NUTRITION.

There is nothing of greater importance than putting the proper fuel in your system both for competition as well as during the off-season. Just like with academics, the off-season is when the biggest strides are made. It is how you train when there are no games to play that scholarship athletes are made.

My athletic career ended with improper technique, training, and nutrition, yet with that my professional career began, and here I stand now inviting you in to train with me so we can make sure you go above and beyond using my knowledge but your attitude and body. You can train once a day or four times a day, but unless your food is tracked and important to you, your results will always come up short.

If you want to reach the next level, make it through a season injury free, and blow through the competition, your quickest and safest route there is through food. Below is an outline of a suggested meal plan for a teenage boy to follow during a standard summer of training. It is in no way a prescription or demand, simply a suggestion of what could work.

Meal 1:

8 Egg Whites

2 Whole Eggs

Veggies (Peppers, Spinach) 1 serving

Oats 60-80g

Meal 2:

Lean Protein (White Fish, Chicken, Turkey, Lean Steak) 7oz

70g Carbs (Brown Rice Sweet Potato or Ezekiel Bread)

Meal 3: Post-Workout Shake Protein Powder 40g

Waxy Maize Starch and Maltodextrin—GATORADE 50-100g

Meal 4:

About an hour after my Post-Workout Shake a solid meal of:

Lean Meat 7oz

Complex Carbs (Whole Wheat Pasta, Brown Rice, Sweet Potato) 70-90g

Veggies

1 serving

Meal 5:

Lean Meat 7oz

Veggies 1 serving

Healthy Fats (Almonds/Almond Butter, or Avocado, or Olive Oil) 10-20g

Meal 6:

• Wholly Oats Protein Bar 1 (if I’m at work) or the same as Meal 5

Meal 7:

Casein Protein 1.5 scoops

Healthy Fats (Almonds/Almond Butter, or Avocado, or Olive Oil) 10-20g

I was going to write this article on the scientific breakdowns on lifts, but the importance of food was too glaring. Perfecting lifts can only go so far. Unless your food is 90% perfect, the rehabilitation from lifting, the potential growth, and the ability to play your sport will all be negatively affected.

I can be reached at Andhurst@gmail.com, 610-420-8653, or www.myfitnessstation.com