Can you post an example of how much you currently eat?
You should eat a lot if you are going to be turning into a basketball player
You'll probably have to eat like athletes do, eat less than usual the day of your game or training and gorge a lot on food the next day(s).
If you work out lots you might find you'll have more of an apetite in the evenings and might want to keep your meals lighter during the day.
Plyometric jumps will be good for basketball, but be careful with those, not so great on the knees or back if you have problematic areas there.
Basketball isn't aerobic. It consists of a lot of sprints and high intense activity, thus it's anerobic and alot of it - which means you are going to need to eat carbs, and a lot of them, because anerobic activity burns nothing but carbs. It does not burn fats, or protiens. If you don't want to eat complex carbs in your diet, you can't do intense workouts, all you can do is mild to moderate aerobic activity...
Dumbells are better for strength training than bands.
Strength training is also anerobic.
So are plyometric jumps.
So nothing you have chosen to do is an adequete form of fat burning activity, just so you know. If your goal is to burn fat, those things won't work. You will need to add in something like fast walking, jogging, moderate running, biking, swimming, something that you can breathe while doing and isn't as intense.
But you burn aerobic calories by just breathing anyway. So you should still be eating fats.
Hey everyone. I plan to start exercising more.
I have resistance bands (Terrel Owen's Bodylastics).
I also have Air alert III, a workout routine to jump higher.
I play lots of basketball. So I'm planning to start exercising with those.
Does anyone have a suggestion of how much to eat per day?
I'm all fruits, veggies, raw honey, and raw beef, calf liver, salmon.
I've been doing about 3 oz of various meats plus certain fruits, rarely veggies. Some regular foods too since I'm tight on money.
