College baseball has 2 separate seasons, we play during the fall and the spring. The main purpose of playing in the fall is to get into shape and ready for the full season to come in the spring. Fall baseball consists of a lot of conditioning, so I lose a lot of calories throughout a single day.
We run a lot during fall baseball practice and players are losing all the weight that they gained from over the summer. I weighed myself last week Monday, and I weighted 195 pounds. Since I came back to school I have lose 10 pounds. It has become difficult to keep track of my calorie intake because I have no idea how much I lose at practice.
I have just been trying my best to eat as much as I can, I am not paying to close attention to how much calories I am eating or what exactly I am eating. The main focus is that I want to feed my body calories either fat or protein, I just want my body to be able to burn something off rather than my muscle.
Since I do not have time to keep track of what I am eating, I just set a goal to consume about 1500 calories per day. While consuming a large amount of carbohydrates to convert to fat so my body will be able to continue to work while I am resting.
If I am able to just stay above 190 pounds until the winter I will consider that a success because with the amount of exercise I am going through during the fall, if I stop eating the amount of food that I am suppose to I will lose all of the muscle that I gained over the summer.
Citations
Salmon, J. (2019). The Rock Shows Off His Epic Cheat Meal – Generation Iron Fitness & Bodybuilding Network. Retrieved 16 September 2019, from https://generationiron.com/the-rock-shows-off-his-epic-cheat-meal/
Training, B. (2019). Best Baseball Conditioning Program | Baseball Training Supplies. Retrieved 16 September 2019, from https://baseballtrainingsupplies.com/best-baseball-conditioning-program/Salmon, J. (2019).
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