Started reading a great book yesterday written by Gunde Svan, one of the world´s all-time best cross country skiiers. He is known for his incredibly hard training regime. He describes it all in his book and it´s really enjoyable and inspiring to read. The craziest thing he came up with to improve his performance was to have a huge tree log on a sledge behind him attached to his belt while running for a few hours at the time. The best thing with training with his log was that he could now run at the same speed as his wife, he further explained. He also ate 8000 calories a day during his toughest training weeks. The normal active person eats about 2000 calories a day.

I think food is one of the most important parts of improving in anything. I´m trying to eat more than ever before this week to really see if it makes a big difference while training hard. My first day of trying this felt great and I had so much more energy and focus and could train golf and lift weights with better quality than normal.

This is what I ate today. I don´t know how many calories but I haven´t felt hungry all day.

7.00 AM Breakfast: 6 slices of smoked salmon, 2 eggs, salad, 1 tomato, 1 banana, 1 kiwi, 1 avocado, 2 cups of mixed nuts, 2 glasses of water, 2 glasses of ProViva Active Re-energizing drink.

9.00 1 Red Bull to prepare for the workout.

9.30 AM Workout. Lots of water while training.

11.00 AM Post workout meal: 1 big protein shake, 2 cups of mixed nuts and lots of water.

1.00 PM Lunch: Big salad with 1 big steak, lots of water.

3.30 PM Snack: 2 double ham sandwhiches, 1 Pro-Viva Active drink, 2 oranges, 1 banana and 1 cup mixed nuts.

4.00- 6.30 PM Golf training indoors.

4.30 PM Snack: 1 big protein shake.

7.30 PM Dinner: Big steak, green salad, 2 tomatoes, 1 avocado, 3 glasses of Pro-Viva Active drink.

9.30 PM Snack: planning on having Yoghurt with cereal and apple sauce, 1 ham sandwhich and lots of water.

Normally, I eat similar food to what I ate today but not as much. I have 7 weeks left until my next tournament and I´m now trying to maximize my workouts so I will gain enough muscle mass and strength to feel great when it all starts next year. Also, as I mentioned earlier, I´m certain eating more will make me improve my golf training as well.

Gunde Svan explained that the best way of getting enough energy for the next day was to go to bed totally stuffed and feeling the food all the way up your throat. Then you know you have eaten enough!

Can´t wait to go to bed and read some more of his book…

Alex