Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

The best athlete meal from Chipotle

29 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the presenter recommends a specific Chipotle meal as an optimal pre‑game option for athletes. He advises eating the meal about four hours before competition and outlines the nutritional components: carbohydrates from rice, beans, and a tortilla; lean protein from chicken; healthy fats from cheese; and colorful vegetables such as pico de gallo, corn, and lettuce for micronutrients. He emphasizes the meal’s affordability, noting it costs roughly the same as a Wendy’s combo, and positions it as a favorite, cost‑effective choice for athletes on heavy training days.

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This is the best athlete meal to eat from Chipotle. Athletes, I want you to be eating this about 4 hours before your game or your event. When ordering from somewhere like Chipotle, you wanna make sure that you have good carbohydrates. So rice, beans, and a tortilla on the side is perfect, especially if you have a heavy training day ahead. Next, you want a lean protein. So, so chicken is the perfect thing for that. And then we wanna add a little bit of fats. Cheese is perfect for that. And then we want to add a lot of color. The pico, the corn, the lettuce, all of that fits fits this perfectly. This is by far one of my favorite meals that I would recommend to an athlete, and it costs the same as a Wendy's combo meal.