why do you put salt in all your drinks? i saw in one of the day in the life’s you had it in your coffee, smoothie and water and i was wondering why? what are the benefits?

What’s a good post game or post practice meal or smoothie to help limit soreness and replenish myself

What are good foods to have on game day, first game is this Wednesday for the season and wanna be prepared

I'm doing a program with a ncaa player and I'm switching to these foods starting next week to be more affordable then the others he has listed and I still can't gain muscle as I wanna put 5lb of muscle on but still be fast 165lb to 170lb before highschool tryouts 28 & 29th this month

Drink 1 - Pre-Game Smoothie 🥤 ⏰ Drink 30-90 Mins Before Game Ingredients 👇 - 200ml’s of Water - Can Replace w/ Juice or Coconut Water - 1/4tps of Salt - Shake of Cinnamon - 1/2 Cup of Blueberries - Handful of Assorted Fruit (Pineapple, Mango, Strawberry, etc) - 1/2 Cup of Greek Yogurt - 1 Big TBPS of Nut Butter - 1-2 TBPS of honey - 5g x Creatine - 5g x Glutamine - 5-10g x Collagen Drink 2 - During Game Antioxidant Juice🧃 ⏰ Drink 30-60 Mins Before Game Ingredients Consist of👇 - Cranberry Juice - Tart Cherry Juice - Blueberry Juice - Grape Juice - Red Carrot Juice Drink 3 - Bottle of Salt Water🧂💦 ⏰ Drink 30-60 Mins Before Game Sodium = Salt Sweating = Salt & Nutrient Loss Therefore we must replenish our sodium stores alongside the other 3 essential electrolytes nutrients known as: - Magnesium - Potassium - Chloride. You can also use an electrolyte supplement if salt water isn’t your cup of tea 🫖 these supplements will also have the 3 electrolyte’s missing from salt itself. Limitations To Relying on Drinks👇 - Research on how much salt is actually lost during a game or workout is undetermined for each individual. - But the goal is to follow the principle of replenishing future nutrient loss. - Prior days/weeks of Sleep, nutrition and exercise volume (stress) can still affect game-day performance.