So we have talked about how to feed your body to maximise muscle gains for the young rugby player, we have talked about how to employ the most successful training strategies from beginner to a more developed athlete.
We talked about why we do all of these things.
Then it comes to a big factor that we haven’t mentioned yet-WATER.
Most people don’t realise that water is far more important than food.
For example, you can usually last 5-8 days before you die without water.
You can lost without food for approximately 7-8 weeks as hunger strikers have proven, with often fatal results.
Another huge fact for you is that if you DON’T drink enough water throughout the day, your performance is likely to be down 33% or even as low as 40%!!
Not only your training and game day performance but your concentration too. They have done numerous studies on schoolkids when they supplied one lots of kids in a school environment water for 3 months and im talking regularly every day. The most startling part was that their educational tests result success went up an incredible 100%, and their concentration levels were proven to be 40% up!!!
So the bottom line is that you eat well all day, you can sleep well and you can train hard, but if you’re NOT drinking enough water, your performance levels and ultimately your results are likely to be down between 33% and 40%, which is an incredible figure.
If you drink water regularly too, you will burn off more body fat than if you don’t, this has been scientifically proven too.
So if you are looking to become a better athlete, as well as a better student, water should be a big part of your every day life!!
