What you eat in a long Tournement?

It's good to hydrate well the day before, well it's good to always stay well hydrated.  Plus carbo loading the night before is not as effective as starting it a few days in advance.  During competition anything that has a little sugar in it such as a banana or other fruits or chewy granola bars are good to eat, and a drink with electrolytes in it during competition is good, such as gatorade, powerade, or Khatfull's secret mix.  

I drink water, coca cola, and energy drinks - red bull (if I must play to 10 matches)

I like gatorate rain and cool blue. But not for during a tournament. After excercise. Too sugary. 

Corona is great for attacking style.. but even bud light isgood if you have a looping game :)

I am out of tournament after 3-4 hours, so I havent these problems

lol, oh ya, I had 2 tourneys last saturday and i ate bananas in between matches, little bit of energy drink/more water. The problem was i had to go to the washroom almost after every match lol. The water just went right through :p In conclusion, I did pretty well in those tourneys (8hrs all together non-stop)

Eat pasta the day before a long tournament... eat noodles, spaghetti w/ garlic toast. Anything with a good amount of carbs. Rice will do to, rice turns into sugars in the body. But high multigrain spaghetti noodles and texas style toast does it for me.

Take light fruits, nuts and crackers to snack on all the time during the tournament, in between matches and such. The point is that you don't want to go into a food coma and become all tired by eating a huge lunch or something, but that's difficult if you're really hungry half way through the day, that's why you bank the carbs the day before.


Some of the best drinks I've run into, at least for myself...

Baby coconut water is one of the best hydrates out there, it is a naturally isotonic hydrate, meaning that the electrolytes levels are almost exactly the same in human blood. It has tons of potassium in that little drink. 294mg Potassium
Benefits of coconut waterl
Good coconut water drink

Vitamin Water - Revive (fruit punch flavor) -
Amount per Serving
Calories 150     Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g     0%
    Saturated Fat 0g     0%
Sodium 0mg     0%
Potassium 140mg     4%
Total Carbohydrate 13g     4%
    Dietary Fiber 0g     0%
    Sugars 13g
Protein 0g     0%
Vitamin A     0%
Vitamin C     100%
Niacin (B3)     50%
Vitamin B6     50%
Vitamin B12     50%
Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 0.0%     Carbs 34.7%
Protein 0.0%
Additional Electrolytes/Potassium: 320mg

Not available in North America, maybe can be found at some places, but really good.
Pocari Sweat- you can find the powder packs in North America, but the bottled packs are too expensive. They were about 50cents bottle in asia.
Nutritional Facts per 100 ml:
Calories     26Kcal    
Protein     0    
Fat     0    
Sugar     6.7g     
Sodium     49mg     
Calcium     2mg     
Potassium     20mg     
Magnesium     0.6mg   

Electrolytes Concentration mEq/L       
Na+     21.0
K+     5.0
Ca2+     1.0
Mg2+     0.6
Cl     16.0
Citrate3-     10.0
Lactate+     1.0

phrixion wrote: Ranger-man wrote: liondefence wrote: peeweeman30 wrote: theman wrote: water , too poor to have food I can't even afford water.     lol, it's funny that the world puts a price on water Ironically, in Dubai, water is more expensive than gasoline. I believe it!

gasoline is more expensive than water anywhere