ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Diet Questions!

Re: Diet Questions!

Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:35:59 -0400

>
>Anabolism takes place in response to stressors that must be overcome.
>Certainly these stressors are different from endurance animals to racehorses,
>but an endurance horse that starts losing flesh and appetite instead of
>coming on with exercise preparation is equally in need of nutritional
>support. Acquisition is an anabolic process and those horses buried in
>catabolism, for any number of reasons, need some help.
>

>
>It should be, but isn't, unfortunately. Still, I'm certain that endurance
>horses suffer from a lot of the same problems we see in racehorses--torn
>tendons and ligaments, sore feet, pulled muscles, sore muscles, etc. The
>longterm health of the animal is a matter of keeping these things under
>control while providing adequate (or superior) conditioning--a difficult
>proposition, especially with a horse that is burning its own tissues.
>

One of the most potent "nutrient" for athletics is plain old rest. Care to
give us your views on over training and the rolls of the proper mix of
nutrition, training and rest?

Truman

Truman Prevatt
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