09/05/2012
Why Does a Wrestler Need Nutritional Supplements? And How Can Taking Nutritional Supplements Improve Performance?
The central reason a wrestler must supplement his/her nutrition is because of the intense physical training demands of wrestling. That coupled with the fact most wrestlers “cut weight” by dehydration and decreasing their food intake (thereby decreasing nutrition and water/electrolyte intake). These factors make it virtually impossible for a wrestler to get the proper daily nutrient and electrolyte intake from food and water alone.
In a post-games survey of the more than 11,000 athletes competing in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing over 90% of the athletes said they used nutritional supplements to boost performance. Again, since wrestlers routinely limit and reduce their food and water/electrolyte intake, while also maintaining a high level training regimen and competition schedule, it is easy to see how their athletic performance can be at risk.
When a wrestler cuts weight by increasing dehydration, while increasing exercise while decreasing food intake, this will inevitably cause a decrease in rest due to the irritability of starving and dehydrating the body, the probability of the following increases dramatically:
Decrease muscle glycogen
Decreased muscle function and strength
Potentially a Decrease red blood cell mass
Increase in stress mentally and physically
Increased risk for injury and illness
To effectively manage this delicate balance of reducing calories, nutrients and water while increasing work load (not to mention training and competition stress) nutrient supplementation is absolutely necessary. To make matters worse, not many people get the USDA recommendation requirement minimum of 3 servings of greens per week, thereby missing a crucial part of any balanced diet. Many nutritional experts think that 3 servings of greens per week is low and recommend at least 5-9 servings PER DAY!
WHY ARE GREENS SO IMPORTANT? Greens are the super-nutrients such as wheatgrass or spinach that everybody should be eating on a daily basis. Greens contain a large array of phytonutrients and antioxidants, with more vitamin C than oranges, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, and more betacarotene than carrots.
The most potent form of GREENS are cereal grasses (i.e., Wheat Grass & Barley) and water dwelling plants called Micro Algae (i.e., Chlorella & Bluegreen Algae) and together they deliver over 70 known antioxidants and literally EVERY biological vitamin and mineral in their food-grade forms. Unbelievably, these cereal grasses and micro-algae contain every known vitamin, mineral, amino acid, and enzyme necessary to sustain life and are a complete food. They contain a broad array of fully bio-available, naturally occurring minerals, especially calcium and magnesium, and help keep the body alkaline. Alkalinizing the body helps protect against sickness and diseases that result from the body being too acidic. The American diet, especially for people under 20 is way too acidic.
An easy way of obtaining a broad array of greens is to drink our FORZA STRENGTH nutritional product, which contains an entire day’s worth of greens in a single serving containing a blend of 7 different super nutrient Greens, including Barley Grass, Organic Wheat Grass, Blue Green Algae, Noni & Noni. We also have a Fiber Blend consisting of Arabinogalactan, a Mineral Blend consisting of Coral Minerals, and a Antioxidant Blend consisting of Blueberry fruit.
In addition to the GREENS our FORZA STRENGTH product contains Whey protein; the only product on the market that contains both. This unique combination makes our STRENGTH product a complete meal replacement for athletes with only 148 calories. The Whey Protein in our STRENGTH formula is not highly heated like a lot of the other brands. Ours is produced by ultra filtration at a very low temperature to preserve the delicate GMP's or glycomacropeptides (containing 15%; 2 grams per serving), unlike other products that may have less than 10% or no glycomacropeptides. GMP’s found in whey protein provides a built in weight management component that suppresses hunger, not found in other protein sources.
Studies show GMP promotes healthy gut flora for optimal digestion, helps blood flow smoothly for cardiovascular support, improves skin cell activity and supports the immune system. All things that will improver your overall athletic performance. As an athlete, it makes sense to use FORZA STRENGTH If you’re not taking it already. The difference in attaining your competition goals are determined by how hard you can practice. The GMP's in the protein you drink will restore and repair your muscles from the intense practices. Make sure that the protein you are using has sufficient amounts of GMP's. Ask the manufacturer of your protein brand the amount of GMP's in their formula.
FORZA STRENGTH is a super nutrient meal replacement that has no equal in the marketplace. I personally take two per day (sometimes three). One first thing in the morning and one around lunch time (and sometimes one to complement dinner).
A good way to experience the complete line of FORZA nutritional products is to try two COMPETITION PACKS so you can experience the benefits of the FORZA nutritional Products for yourself. Each COMPETITION PACK contains 1 individual serving of each of the FORZA products (Revive, Power, Force and Strength) all in a convenient single serve packs. I look forward to wrestlers, coaches and parents trying the FORZA products and I know it will make a big difference in how you feel, practice and ultimately perform.
