Gaining fitness, average diet?

stephen090

Hi, just wondering how important diet is in regards to fitness? I'm not necessarily talking about losing weight. Just the ability to run/cycle, play 5- a side
Football for longer without tiring.

I have started running and I really cannot run the length of myself anymore. 5 minutes in and I need a breather. I'm not overweight, just unfit. I am, however determined to improve these fitness levels with regular running and cycling, but i cannot help eating the odd bits of junk food. I.e, things like a bag of crisps, a chocolate spread sandwich, a Milky Way bar, a bottle of coke the odd day.

Is this badly affecting my chances of decent fitness?

Cheers!

LuckyLloyd

Nutrition and sleep are vital elements of health and wellbeing. Regular exercise is the least important aspect of the three. When you go to exercise you are going to use the body's gas reserves. To have those reserves available you need to have filled your tank with nutritious food and rest. The body doesn't run well on exorbitant amounts of junk food and little sleep.

That being said, if you have been out of exercise for a long time you need to adapt and work up slowly from the start. The more you've neglected things the slower the process it will be. Patience is key. And remember - you don't get fitter from doing exercise; you get fitter from doing exercise and then allowing your body the opportunity to recover from it.

Moomat

Was in a similar situation myself at the start of this year. Have a look at some couch to 5k plans to increase your fitness levels. I used the NHS c25K plan with podcasts. 8 weeks and 3 runs/week and I went from being a total couch potato to being be able to run 5k comfortably, all in 8 weeks. I was eating major amounts of rubbish at the start but found as I progressed through the plans and my fitness levels increased, I was less inclined to reach for the rubbish. Still allowed myself the odd desert and snacks but lost 20kg since then!

Oryx

Poor nutrition wont help, but in terms of hindering you, I think alcohol has a more detrimental effect. At the level you are at now, its the actual training that will help. As you progress you may find tweaking your diet will bring further benefits.

EdenHazard

TBH footballers diets are average, maybe theyve changed in past 5 years but i remember seeing diego forlans diet and he just ate normal stuff. people on here really go overboard, by making intelligenct choices you can be around 10-12 per cent bodyfat without bein strict.

just dont eat rubbish often and you'll be grand.

Alf Veedersane

EdenHazard wrote: »

TBH footballers diets are average, maybe theyve changed in past 5 years but i remember seeing diego forlans diet and he just ate normal stuff.

Forlan's diet was average and so was he.

EdenHazard

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Forlan's diet was average and so was he.

:rolleyes:

stephen090

I don't know what his diet was like but the man could still pass as Zeus shirtless. See several goal celebrations haha

EdenHazard

stephen090 wrote: »

I don't know what his diet was like but the man good still pass as Zeus shirtless. See several goal celebrations haha

Ah well now he was just skinny ripped hardly Zeus. But most people wanna have his physique, most people offering advice on here seem to think everyone wants to be rugby players/bodybuilders.

stephen090

EdenHazard wrote: »

Ah well now he was just skinny ripped hardly Zeus. But most people wanna have his physique, most people offering advice on here seem to think everyone wants to be rugby players/bodybuilders.

That or Mo Farah

Marty McFly

EdenHazard wrote: »

TBH footballers diets are average, maybe theyve changed in past 5 years but i remember seeing diego forlans diet and he just ate normal stuff. people on here really go overboard, by making intelligenct choices you can be around 10-12 per cent bodyfat without bein strict.

just dont eat rubbish often and you'll be grand.

EdenHazard wrote: »

Ah well now he was just skinny ripped hardly Zeus. But most people wanna have his physique, most people offering advice on here seem to think everyone wants to be rugby players/bodybuilders.

I call bullshiit on both posts, good to see you don't only talk crap in the soccer threads.

Foootballer's today generally speaking are on a very strict diet, Wenger revolutionized football in the EPL with strict diets and new training regimes, even as you call it skinny ripped takes hard work and a strict diet.

Secondly most people on here do not offer advice thinking everyone want to be a bodybuilder/ rugby players at all. The advice offered around varies from thread to thread but is certainly not biased towards one way or the other.

Alf Veedersane

Marty McFly wrote: »

I call bullshiit on both posts, good to see you don't only talk crap in the soccer threads.

Foootballer's today generally speaking are on a very strict diet, Wenger revolutionized football in the EPL with strict diets and new training regimes, even as you call it skinny ripped takes hard work and a strict diet.

Secondly most people on here do not offer advice thinking everyone want to be a bodybuilder/ rugby players at all. The advice offered around varies from thread to thread but is certainly not biased towards one way or the other.

He just comes in to troll. Instead of responding, save your energy for working out to become a rugby player/bodybuilder

EdenHazard

Marty McFly wrote: »

I call bullshiit on both posts, good to see you don't only talk crap in the soccer threads.

Foootballer's today generally speaking are on a very strict diet, Wenger revolutionized football in the EPL with strict diets and new training regimes, even as you call it skinny ripped takes hard work and a strict diet.

Secondly most people on here do not offer advice thinking everyone want to be a bodybuilder/ rugby players at all. The advice offered around varies from thread to thread but is certainly not biased towards one way or the other.

type in forlans diet into google, and see for yourself. im not saying he feeds on oreos all day but his diet isnt as depressing as people make it seem a 'good diet' needs to be

Marty McFly

EdenHazard wrote: »

type in forlans diet into google, and see for yourself. im not saying he feeds on oreos all day but his diet isnt as depressing as people make it seem a 'good diet' needs to be

I just did and his diet is fine grilled chicken, smoothies, fish, omlette, plenty of fruit and vegetables etc. I would cut out the pasta and bread myself. But no one in here or ever reading around has said you're diet needs to be depressing to be healthy and clean.

It just an often misused stereotype of people who eat poorly or are to lazy to cook use to say why they won't eat healthy.

cindy11

To get results you need to be aware that It is 80 Percent Nutrition and only 20 Percent Workout. Hydration is also essential.