BR 2-23 ENERGY IN SPORT

    I read "ENERGY IN SPORT", so I will tell you about the story. People who play sport need a lot of energy. If they don't have energy, they are not able to play at their peak for very long. When someone is at their peak, they play very well. When someone is not at their peak, they don't play very well. Different sports people need different kinds of energy. Some sports people need a lot of energy quickly. This is called an energy rush. Other sports people need energy slowly over a long time. Sprinters are people who race over a short distance. Sprinters need to build up speed very quickly. They need to have a lot of energy for a short time. Sprinters prepare for a race by building up their muscles. The stronger their muscles are, the more energy they can use at the start of a race. Sprinters need special food to help them build their muscles. The best foods for building muscles are foods with lots of protein. Proteins help bodies to grow. They are also good for  fixing injured bodies. When sprinters injure their bodies, they have to eat lots of foods with protein in them. Protein can be found in red meat, eggs and milk. A sprinter can eat eggs for breakfast every day. He or she can also have two serves of red meat and drink five glasses of milk every day. Endurance runners race over a long distance. And endurance runners don't have big muscles like sprinters. Endurance runners need food that will give them the energy to keep running for a long time. The best kinds of foods for endurance runners are foods with lots of carbohydrates and fat.

Fast Forward text by Nicolas Brasch. First published in 2007.

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