The NBA regular season lasts for half a year from 10 in the previous year to April in the following year. If the team is strong enough to enter the playoffs, then players must participate in more games. Sometimes, in a season, players will participate in more than 100 games in eight months.

In this long season, the density of games is quite large, with an average of four games a week. In such a high-intensity and high-density game, it is not easy for NBA players to remain competitive all the time. Scientific training is a necessary aid, but a reasonable diet is absolutely essential.

In terms of diet, NBA officials have no hard and fast rules. After all, NBA players are not children, and it is impossible to cover everything. Therefore, in the league, there will always be some examples of poor health caused by careless diet control. For example, Dior of the Spurs, whose weight soared every offseason, had to add a weight restriction clause to Dior's contract in order to control his weight. Dior can only get full salary if he keeps his weight within a certain range.

Another example is Salinger, who was abandoned by the Celtics and joined the Raptors. The decline of career is largely due to the inability to eat properly and control weight.

So, how do the NBA stars who have been able to maintain their figure, competitive state and physical fitness plan their diet? Is there any difference in diet between them and ordinary people? Next, let's take a look.

In order to have a better career, James strictly controls his diet

Big men have a big appetite, too.

NBA players are big and consume a lot, so naturally they need much more food every day than the average person. But how much do they eat every day? Let's look at two recipes first.

First of all, the recipe of Borzingis 20 15:

Breakfast: 4 fried eggs, 3 pancakes, 3 slices of bacon, fruit, 1 cup boxed protein powder beverage.

Lunch: about 300 grams of chicken breast, a bowl of coarse rice and a bowl of vegetables.

Dinner: about 250 grams of chicken breast, a bowl of coarse rice and a bowl of vegetables.

Extra meal: an energy bar, 4 slices of whole wheat bread, 4 tablespoons of peanut butter, 1 tablespoon of jam, a cup of milk with 2% fat, 1 slice of chocolate cake.

According to statistics, Borzingis's diet allows him to consume about 4,000 calories a day, while in general, normal adult men only need to consume 2,000 calories a day. Because of the heavy consumption of competition and training, Bo Shen's recipes are not too exaggerated.

Let's take a look at James 20 14' s recipe:

Choose one of three breakfasts: 1. Vegetarian omelet with turkey and bacon, accompanied by fresh fruit and hash browns.

2. Slice whole wheat bread, spread with peanut butter or almond butter sauce, and serve with banana, blueberry and Greek blueberry yogurt.

3. Sandwiches made of whole wheat muffins and eggs, avocado salad, fruit milkshake, low-fat yogurt.

Lunch choice: 1. Spinach salad, vegetables, roast chicken, topped with olive oil and vinegar sauce. Put sliced strawberries, apples or oranges on it, or eat fresh fruit directly.

2. Whole wheat bread is made into a Turkish sandwich, and spinach, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, bean sprouts and yellow mustard are added. Vegetable salad or fresh fruit salad.

Dinner selection 1: 1. Large grilled salmon with nuts, steamed vegetables with olive oil or balsamic vinegar, and freshly squeezed lemon juice. A spice made of rosemary, flavored with Chili powder.

2. A large portion of chicken or shrimp, soft-fried tortillas and whole wheat cakes, chopped spinach, black beans, avocados and tomatoes, seasoned with Chilean peppers. Top Greek yogurt, or other low-calorie yogurt.

Extra food: popcorn (yes, popcorn, which James often eats in a bucket between trainings), prepared fruits, vegetable salad, purified water and vegetable juice.

For seven years, James didn't eat any pork, including three years without eating any red meat. Compared with Borzingis, James wants to eat more and his nutritional structure is more suitable. No wonder I'm 30 years old, and I'm in such good competitive and physical condition.

After reading the above two recipes, perhaps the first impression of most fans on the players is: "Good appetite!" Indeed, eating a lot of tasteless chicken breast at a meal is already beyond the scope of food, just to have enough energy reserves during training and competition. The effect of these devil recipes is obvious. In the second season of his NBA career, Polzingis has made great progress in both muscle and confrontation, and this strict diet has played a very key role in it.

One thing that many fans may not know is that early in his career, James made a different recipe for himself. In order to keep his competitive state and physical state better, James decided to give up the original diet plan and make the above diet plan for himself again. However, with the weight loss, James gave up this low-carbohydrate diet and readjusted his diet.

Two well-known dietotherapy methods are indispensable.

When it comes to the recipes of NBA players, especially James, we have to say two famous ways to lose weight. In fact, a considerable number of players use these two diets to control the intake of calories and nutrients.

The first diet is called low-carbon diet. The key to this diet is to reduce the intake of carbohydrates as much as possible, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing muscle and reducing fat. Scientifically speaking, low carbohydrate intake can make the human body enter a metabolic state called ketosis, in which fat will replace glucose in the liver and blood as the energy source.

It sounds mysterious, but it is easy to understand that a low-carbon diet can make the body burn fat quickly. The disadvantages of this diet are also quite obvious. Some people can go into ketosis, so everything is easy to say. However, some people can't enter the ketosis state, and a series of adverse reactions such as hypoglycemia follow. Whether or not this kind of ketone is produced in the human body, and how much, if nothing else, depends on heredity.

In other words, James effectively lost weight through this diet. However, this is only an individual case and there is no universal applicability. Look at everyone's talent completely, don't imitate it at will. Moreover, although this diet basically does not eat carbohydrates, the daily food intake is quite amazing. In that season, James ate seven meals a day and drank four liters of pure water alone. No wonder James became addicted to off-site popcorn as long as he seized the opportunity in those years.

There is also a diet called primitive diet, which is much more normal than low-carbon diet. As the name implies, primitive diet is to bring what you eat back to primitive times. As long as it is made artificially, you don't eat it or hardly eat it. You only eat things that existed in primitive times. Many things in Porzingis's recipes mentioned above follow the original diet.

There are two famous representatives who adopt this diet, one is Kobe and the other is grant hill. According to Lakers trainer Gary Vitti, Kobe's diet in the team is different, including a lot of grass-fed beef and butter, which are the core components of the original diet. In addition, Kobe is very cautious about the intake of sugar and carbohydrates. Grant hill maintained a good state until he was about 40 years old, and the primitive diet was also the key. Hill uses a lot of fructose in fruits instead of white sugar to meet his daily sugar intake, and also eats a lot of beef, chicken and mutton.

Hill also inadvertently revealed the true meaning of primitive diet in an interview. Hill said, "If something was eaten by our ancestors millions of years ago, I would eat it. If not, I won't eat. "

In addition to these two diets, another key for NBA players to maintain good eating habits, I am afraid many people have not thought of it.

Prepare snacks! Yes, it is to prepare snacks.

Many NBA players prepare snacks according to their own recipes. If they feel hungry between meals, snacks in these recipes can help them. Without these snacks, players will almost certainly buy junk food such as hamburgers and hot dogs, and high-calorie food such as ice cream and chocolate. Even athletes who strictly follow the diet have little resistance to these foods. Instead of eating these, it is better to eat snacks prepared by yourself.

20 13 lunch when the rookie takes a makeup photo.

Stars who have lived for many years.

It is not difficult to stick to a fixed diet for a few days, but it takes a lot of perseverance to stick to eating only a few things for several years or even more than ten years. James decided to give up low-carbon diet on 20 15, on the one hand, because the threat of hypoglycemia exists at any time, on the other hand, he couldn't stand the monotonous diet and wanted to make some changes.

However, many people in the NBA still insist on dieting.

Jeremy Lin, who is familiar to China fans, is one of them. According to Jeremy Lin himself, he basically didn't eat greasy food since high school, and even never ate chicken skin. Meat and milk are the main components of his diet. Jeremy Lin once revealed that he would eat five eggs and a little turkey for breakfast, drink protein powder drinks after training, eat salads, sandwiches and chicken for lunch, and eat macaroni and chicken and protein powder drinks for dinner. Besides these foods, Jeremy Lin drinks 8 bottles of water every day. Moreover, his living habits have not changed since he entered the business.

Of course, players like Jeremy Lin are no exception, and ray allen is also very strict about his diet. Allen's diet choices on match day are basically the same. He never drinks, even in the offseason, he will never gain weight at all, and he can stage a one-stop dunk at the age of 40. Ray allen himself once said, "As a basketball player, our health is our capital. We need to eat the right things and get enough sleep and rest. We need to eat a diet that can ensure our physical strength and state. "

Think about ray allen in those days, and then look at richard jefferson and vincent carter this season. If they are not strict with themselves in diet, it is impossible for them to maintain such excellent physical condition at such an old age.

Another NBA dieter is undoubtedly Steve Nash, who once revealed a whole set of his own dieting methods.

Eat a certain amount of fruit, whole wheat bread and almond paste for breakfast. Have roast chicken or grilled fish, vegetable and nut salad for lunch. Dinner is grilled fish or roast chicken, vegetable salad and coarse rice. Usually pay attention to prepare snacks, almonds or cashews for yourself, and you need to drink plenty of water. When I need electrolyte, I will consider coconut milk, which has the highest electrolyte concentration.

Sticking to these recipes is definitely not easy. Those who clamor for losing weight every day need to learn more from these NBA stars.