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Eating for a Streamlined Body

By Abbie Fish, Ritter Sports Performance, 09/12/18, 12:00PM PDT

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All you have to do is take a look at your hand. Use your fist, palm, cupped hand and thumb to practice calorie control.

To maximize performance in any sport, we want to focus on the ideal body type for the movements being performed. Football players require significant muscle mass in both the upper and lower body, while a baseball player must limit upper body bulking that would impact his or her ability to throw a baseball as fast as possible.

Swimming is of course no different as a long, streamlined body is a desired quality to move efficiently through the water. The question is “how do we train and eat to maximize that physique?”

Training for swimming is a topic that has been extensively covered, but eating for the right body type is something that can be a little bit more confusing. Do we want a significant amount of protein?