She's Tough by Mark Hatmaker

Author:Mark Hatmaker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Published: 2014-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Sure, there are some Olympic athletes who consume their calories in ways that more resemble those listed in the opening paragraph — carefully measured “correct” foods. But what we’ve got to keep in mind is that those who eat “junk,” those who eat “right,” those who eat carbs, those who eat meat, those who eat according to whatever belief, all performed at levels beyond the expectations of the common person either because of or in spite of their food choices.

So what if it isn’t necessarily what we chow down that’s the magic formula? If it’s not a one-size-fits-all elite nutrition program that is the secret to Olympic caliber performance or aesthetics, what exactly is it that all of these top-performing athletes have in common? Well, the answer is hard qualitative work in high quantities. And it is this fact of hard, hard grueling work that causes a lot of the magic food ideas to begin to take root.

Composing a shopping list and resisting a few no-no food items while sticking to those foods with good ju-ju is a far, far easier job than pushing the body to extremes. We are economical animals and look for easy/cheap solutions whenever and wherever possible, and there’s no seemingly cheaper or easier answer to elite fitness than magic food. If I can get the magic potion just right, the menu tweaked just so, then I too can be golden.

It is possible to eat lots of so-called bad foods and still be a lean, mean, hard-charging athlete, but you gotta work H-A-R-D to get away with it.

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