Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Eat this an hour before your practice!

31 Jul 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief instructional video, Kelsey Higginson tells athletes that consuming carbohydrates about an hour before practice provides the essential energy their muscles need to perform throughout the session. She likens carbs to gasoline for muscle energy tanks, explaining that without this fuel athletes will feel slow, heavy, and lethargic. The message emphasizes that getting carbs in before training maximizes performance and prevents the sluggish feeling that comes from skipping this nutritional step.

Athletes, if you pair this with this an hour before your practice, you have just given your body the energy that it needs to go hard all practice long. These are carbohydrates. Think of carbs as gas in your muscle energy tanks. If your body has no gas, how is it supposed to run? So when you skip something like this pre-practice, that's when you're gonna feel slow, heavy, lethargic. So if you want to maximize your performance during your practice or your training, get your carbs in.