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Any Particular Foods:Stamina
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Nikhil
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Creatine is a naturally producing energy reservoir that will break down for instant power. It does not help with stamina, because stamina is prolonged endurance, something that you can only gain from practicing over and over again. Creatine to a degree does help you work harder, but only in terms of fast explosive movement (SOME aspect of bhangra need this, not all). Creatine DOES NOT help you recover faster. Proteins do, because they rebuild your tissue.rgoel09 said:
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You're not burning up protein unless you fast and you are running on absolutely zero carbohydrate/fats. If you haven't eaten for days and you're doing DAVIET's 2007 set over and over again, that's when you'd be running on protein, and that's when you would probably need to go to the hospital.DjDhol-E said:
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Forgot to mention this, and never really tried it until the last few weeks. I remember learning about this years ago when I took a summer nutrition course, but I never gave vegetables any thought, cuz even as a vegetarian I'd eat pure shit all day, cheese and starbucks, but now I started taking it more seriously. I’ll try explaining it as best as I can so you understand how certain foods actually might cause an increase in your overall energy consumption.
To boost stamina, the things you do need to be easier.
For example, if you get better and better at swimming, it might no necessarily make you a better runner, but swimming will become easier and you’ll be able to do more swimming over the same span of time. What happens is when your body gets used to doing something over and over again, it becomes easier for you. The easier things get, the less oxygen your body circulates throughout your cells. Once you get better at something, your body’s ability to oxygenate itself becomes better, and your oxygen uptake (the rate at which your body uses oxygen to replenish cells, usually measured by litres per minute I think) decreases.
Think of it this way, an athlete’s body needs to consume less oxygen than a fat out of shape person, because the athlete is used to exercising and does it often (like if you run a mile every other day, it’s not so hard, but if you spend a semester eating chips and drinking soda, and then try to hit the treadmill, it’s devastating). So an athlete’s oxygen uptake is much much less than someone who is out of shape, and that’s why you see the fat out of shape people breathing really really heavily; the out of shape person needs a lot more oxygen.
There are ways to potentially achieve this through nutrition as well, although compared to actually exercising the benefits are infinitesimal. By consuming Nitrate, your body’s oxygen uptake slowly reduces. So daily if you consume foods that are rich in nitrate, you might notice a significant boost in your energy levels, if it is supplemented with regular exercise as well.
Foods rich in nitrate are generally plant foods and vegetables… carrots, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, celery, and BEAT ROOT !!! Have lots of beat root !!!!
Although most people who eat meat don’t like to admit it, there is a lot of shit put into meat, nitrate is one of them, used to preserve color, but it turns into nitrite which is actually really unhealthy, so if anybody ever tells you to eat meat because it contains nitrate, which I’ve heard, slap them.
From what I’ve heard and felt from beatroot, I can only recommend having lots of it every single day.
After turning vegan, every day after running in the morning I have a broccoli shake (throw three stalks of broccoli in the blender with a little water, great protein shake that doesn’t come from a dead animal), and then I put three beatroots in the juicer and make a vegetable juice. I can’t stand eating vegetables, especially beatroot, I’ll admit it, they just taste soo badd, so I just throw them in the juicer. Beatroot juice actually tastes good. And I have noticed a significant gain in stamina (ASK MY TEAM MATES TO VERIFY).
Plus on top of that, beatroot has a lot of folate, which is great for blood pressure (every desi needs that ! ) and an essential for DNA as well. Bottle Gourd juice is also amazing, which also has similar benefits, its effects are miraculous.
If you are looking for a quick fix, there isn’t a magic pill, but if you guys do want more stamina and are patient, on top of daily excersize and stretching, eat your vetables (if you can’t eat them get a juicer and make a juice) and eat beat roots celery and carrots daily!!!
But inevitably what it all comes down to is that the best solution for stamina in bhangra is to practice bhangra, a lot. From competitions that I've seen, kids eat pizza and buffalo wings, get drunk and high, and still look amazing on stage, so it really comes down to practicing bhangra and making your routine easier for you by getting used to doing it.
To boost stamina, the things you do need to be easier.
For example, if you get better and better at swimming, it might no necessarily make you a better runner, but swimming will become easier and you’ll be able to do more swimming over the same span of time. What happens is when your body gets used to doing something over and over again, it becomes easier for you. The easier things get, the less oxygen your body circulates throughout your cells. Once you get better at something, your body’s ability to oxygenate itself becomes better, and your oxygen uptake (the rate at which your body uses oxygen to replenish cells, usually measured by litres per minute I think) decreases.
Think of it this way, an athlete’s body needs to consume less oxygen than a fat out of shape person, because the athlete is used to exercising and does it often (like if you run a mile every other day, it’s not so hard, but if you spend a semester eating chips and drinking soda, and then try to hit the treadmill, it’s devastating). So an athlete’s oxygen uptake is much much less than someone who is out of shape, and that’s why you see the fat out of shape people breathing really really heavily; the out of shape person needs a lot more oxygen.
There are ways to potentially achieve this through nutrition as well, although compared to actually exercising the benefits are infinitesimal. By consuming Nitrate, your body’s oxygen uptake slowly reduces. So daily if you consume foods that are rich in nitrate, you might notice a significant boost in your energy levels, if it is supplemented with regular exercise as well.
Foods rich in nitrate are generally plant foods and vegetables… carrots, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, celery, and BEAT ROOT !!! Have lots of beat root !!!!
Although most people who eat meat don’t like to admit it, there is a lot of shit put into meat, nitrate is one of them, used to preserve color, but it turns into nitrite which is actually really unhealthy, so if anybody ever tells you to eat meat because it contains nitrate, which I’ve heard, slap them.
From what I’ve heard and felt from beatroot, I can only recommend having lots of it every single day.
After turning vegan, every day after running in the morning I have a broccoli shake (throw three stalks of broccoli in the blender with a little water, great protein shake that doesn’t come from a dead animal), and then I put three beatroots in the juicer and make a vegetable juice. I can’t stand eating vegetables, especially beatroot, I’ll admit it, they just taste soo badd, so I just throw them in the juicer. Beatroot juice actually tastes good. And I have noticed a significant gain in stamina (ASK MY TEAM MATES TO VERIFY).
Plus on top of that, beatroot has a lot of folate, which is great for blood pressure (every desi needs that ! ) and an essential for DNA as well. Bottle Gourd juice is also amazing, which also has similar benefits, its effects are miraculous.
If you are looking for a quick fix, there isn’t a magic pill, but if you guys do want more stamina and are patient, on top of daily excersize and stretching, eat your vetables (if you can’t eat them get a juicer and make a juice) and eat beat roots celery and carrots daily!!!
But inevitably what it all comes down to is that the best solution for stamina in bhangra is to practice bhangra, a lot. From competitions that I've seen, kids eat pizza and buffalo wings, get drunk and high, and still look amazing on stage, so it really comes down to practicing bhangra and making your routine easier for you by getting used to doing it.
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All the insulin your body releases because of this will make you fall asleep.manmeet said:
This is a good bulker shake after a workout...
but drinking a shake does not give you muscle mass lol, muscle mass comes from rest after breaking muscle tissues apart.
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to go along with what he said...food has very little to do with stamina. stamina comes from exercising and increasing your heart rate. the longer you keep your heart rate going fast (stressing your heart basically) the more your body will adapt and the harder it will be to get your heart rate going therefore, the more stamina you will have (b/c more O2 will be delivered to your muscles). also, another important thing to concentrate on is recovery time - the amount of time it takes for a person to go from huffing and puffing for air (fast heart rate) and catching your breath (heart rate decreases). the more you exercise and stress your heart, the higher stamina you will build and the easier it will be for someone to recover. also, the reason i said eating right has very little to do with stamina, is bc their is a difference between being fit (low body fat) and having a high level of endurance. if you eat very little and just sit on the couch reading BTF, your bhangra knowledge will sky rocket, but your stamina will go down...at the same time if you eat nonsense and then go and stress your body, you will stress you heart but it will be counteracted by the food you ingest.justAguy said:
to put it simply, you need to eat right (big breakfast (anything you want - low fat pref), nice size lunch (salad is always a good thing) and BIG THING RIGHT HERE - NOT A BIG DINNER - you fall asleep after eating dinner and your not burning any of those calories - don't ingest carbs for dinner). also, another big thing, is to cut out soft drinks and drink simply water - don't over do it b/c water intoxication is very easy and many people "drown themselves"...
eating right + exercising (stressing your heart to about 150-180 beats per minute) --> builds stamina which in time will make you lose weight. losing weight will also increase your stamina bc a 200 pound body (lets say your 15 pounds over weight) dancing for 8 minutes will have an easier time dancing for 8 minutes if its only moving 185 pounds...
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i was ruminating and researching a bit and couldnt find anything too useful but i know for strength training its recommended to have a pre-workout meal consisting of carbs and protein. usually .25 g/lb of protein and carbs is good.
to increase your v02 max and stimulate your aerobic and anaerobic pathways at the same time there is a technique called tabata interval training, you can read more about here http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_tabata_method
in as little as 4 minutes you can have amazing results! ( i sound like an infomercial ). but yea i tried it and could only get through 2 and a half circuits before i collapsed. and that was with like only 12 pound weight in my hand. i know basketball players and some track dudes who have used this kind of training with success. someone should be my bhangra test case, any takers?
to increase your v02 max and stimulate your aerobic and anaerobic pathways at the same time there is a technique called tabata interval training, you can read more about here http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_tabata_method
in as little as 4 minutes you can have amazing results! ( i sound like an infomercial ). but yea i tried it and could only get through 2 and a half circuits before i collapsed. and that was with like only 12 pound weight in my hand. i know basketball players and some track dudes who have used this kind of training with success. someone should be my bhangra test case, any takers?
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+100Pawan said: