I suppose that depends on how you feel about qi? I did it for 10 years and did just fine…
Nutrient dense foods = Chi Rich
Empty refined sugar foods = Chi deficient.
That comment regarding potasium was a great one. Bananas are an exellent source of it and really light in the belly. You can munch down two bananas before practice, and they have great potassium, are lightweight and not very acidic. They also have a nice water content.
Bananna’s are GREAT!!
My daughter does that as a pre practice meal before gymnastics training quite often.
Hypoglycemic shock
working out causes your blood sugar to drop, and in martial arts training I have found that it drops drastically. the humidity and sweating is what we in austin are used to. so whenever i have trained in the past i have ALWAYS HAD a powerade or something with a little bit of glucose to keep the brain and body going.
i have hypoglycemia(Low blood sugar) an over active pancreas that juts out too much insulin. to compenstae i have to be on a diet that is similar to the diabetics diet. but i cheat alot. sugar is just soo **** addictive. ginseng in your powerade is good. the the ginseng will attach itself to the sugar molecules and hit your system fast. if you are looking for a more “natural” method.
try water(4cups), ginseng extract(2vials), 2 tsp salt, lime juice(half lime) and HONEY(2TBS). you might have to heat the water up a bit to allow for the honey to evenly distribute as honey just sinks to the bottom. anyway i use this when ever i go outbacking in the wilderness.
MAny Respects,,,The Willow Sword
Sounds good
Of course if your training right you should hit that “Exaughstion” no matter what you do in 3 hours. If you get to 2 1/2 hours and still feel fine, hold stances for the final 30 minutes, and you’ll get there.