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Quiz the Coach: Diet of Champions

Have you ever wondered what Lebron James was eating when he was 10 years old? Do you think Michael Phelps was snacking on Red Vines and Nacho Flavored Cheesy Poofs when he was in grade school? What about Peyton and Eli Manning… did their parents take them out for Dominos Pizza after their Pee Wee Football games? There is a big reason why these athletes have the bodies and strength of Super Heroes… they are what they eat!

Diet of Champions

History of Health

Diet of Champions

In the early 1900s when athletes weren’t being paid millions of dollars for one season of NHL hockey or a round of golf on Pebble Beach, the professional athlete’s diet was not much of a concern. Babe Ruth was a big fat baseball player hitting 60 homeruns a season, but drinking whisky, smoking cigars and clearing buffet tables full of doughnuts. In fact, a lot of athletes back then just looked like normal people.

Caliber of Competition

Diet of Champions

Things have changed. There is so much competition to get into professional sports nowadays that athletes are training very hard, and their diet is a major factor. If you want to get into the Olympics or play baseball for the Yankees or join the World Surfing Tour, it will really help eating lots of healthy things! Eating the proper foods is not only good to help build muscle and increase bone strength, but having a healthy diet will clear your mind, focus and energize your batteries to get out there and blow the competition away.

Let’s start with the average athlete’s diet. All athletes eat 5-6 meals a day. They get up in the morning and make power smoothies filled with fresh fruit. They make sure to get their fiber to help digest things throughout the day. Their meals are full of the foods of all the 4 food groups. Their snacks are healthy and they drink up to 10 glasses of water by bedtime. Here is an example of a specific diet of a professional superstar:

Daily Diet

5:45 am – Wake Up

Two glasses of water

6:25 am - Breakfast

whole wheat bagel
peanut butter  
cottage cheese  
strawberries  
multivitamin
mineral tablet

9:30 am - Smoothie

1 scoop protein powder
orange juice  
banana  
1% milk

12:00 pm - Lunch

roast beef sub
lettuce  
tomato 
cheddar cheese  
mustard  
1% milk

2:30 pm - Smoothie   

granola bar
blueberries  
yogurt  
apple  
milk

4:30 pm   

2 glasses of pure water  with amino acids supplement

5:15 pm - Workout   

2-4 glasses of pure water while working out

6:30 pm - Smoothie   

strawberries  
strawberry yogurt  
vanilla protein powder
honey  
milk  
orange juice

8:30 pm - Dinner

chicken teriyaki   
orange juice  
ginger  
broccoli florets  
chestnuts  
rice  
1 cup pure water

10:00 pm   

Glass of water before bed

Starting Point for Superstars

Diet of Champions

It’s not easy to become a professional athlete, but if you start with eating a healthy diet, you will be surprised at how much easier it gets. A healthy diet is the easiest thing to build your road to becoming a Superstar!