Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Football Nutrition

1 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this under‑60‑second video, the speaker delivers concise, actionable nutrition advice for football players who are in spring/summer training and aim to add muscle before the fall season. The core recommendations are: (1) consume 3–4 solid meals and 2–3 snacks each day, ensuring each meal is rich in protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats; (2) if weight gain stalls, increase overall food volume by adding items such as an extra egg per meal or an extra scoop of rice at dinner to maintain a caloric surplus; and (3) eat both before and after every workout to replace the calories burned, support performance, and aid recovery. The tone is instructional and supportive, emphasizing practical steps rather than theory.

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Football nutrition in under 60 seconds. You guys are probably in spring training right now and entering into the summer where you're wanting to put on some weight before the fall hits. The first thing that I need you to do if you are trying to gain muscle this summer is eat at least 3 to 4 meals a day with 2 to 3 snacks a day. You need to make sure that those meals are high in protein, which I'm sure you're already aware of, high in carbs, and high in healthy fats as well. That's the first thing. The next thing you need to be doing is If you are already doing that and you're not gaining weight, you're not eating enough food. So you got to add to it. Add an extra egg to each meal, add an extra scoop of rice to your dinner. You got to make sure that you're in a surplus. If you're not gaining weight, then you're not in a surplus. The last thing I need you to be doing is eating before every single workout and after every single workout. Those workouts are really hard and you're burning a lot of calories, so you need to make sure that you're making up those calories through what you're eating before and after, and it's also going to help you perform really well in your workouts or in your trainings or your practices.