Jinder Mahal Quotes

Food really is fuel - and hydration as well - but for athletic activity, you really got to take it seriously, or else it can negatively impact your performance.

Growing up, my parents were healthy eaters and starting to run and compete when I was 13, I knew the need to focus on what you need to eat. I remember going to grocery store myself and picking up fresh fruit and knowing early on the right foods to fuel my body.

I train in the mornings, and I'll eat two breakfasts. I'll have waffles with flax seed and almond butter and one egg scrambled. Then I'll work out and have a second breakfast - another egg or a protein shake. Within a half-hour to 40 minutes after a workout, that's when you want to load up on protein.

But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.

Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle.

So, if I give any credit, besides giving all credit to God, for being totally healthy, it's just my workout and how much torture I put my body through in the offseason.

You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.

When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.

I thought doubles was a good way for me to practice and get some reps in - I didn't like to train in the gym as much as players these days.

I want to last in my career, and that relies on the way my body performs. So I need to take care of it.

Every action has a consequence. It may be good for strengthening. And I have no doubt that lifting a lot of weights can get you stronger. I just don't know if lifting stronger weights can keep you healthy, or it can keep you doing your job better, especially for a pro athlete.

The important thing is to train well during the week so you perform well physically come matchday.

Sometimes less is more when it comes to workout routines.

I always bring a post-workout protein shake with me and some cereal for the mornings.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

It's easy to continue to go out to the field, even if I'm by myself or running and lifting and doing what I need to do - it's actually easy because I love what I do.

As much as it hurts to work out after a game, it helps that much more.

I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.

I simply could not have done as well in either football or wrestling if I had not taken Energol.

As an athlete, the most important thing is the protein that you eat and the things that you put into your body. Without that, it's very hard to function throughout the day.

I started training when I was 15.

I don't eat anything before, but I can still go kill it at the gym and be in and out in 45 minutes or an hour, even doing workouts in the sauna to get the blood and sweat flowing.

I work hard on the training field every day.

Hydration is everything. Think of this: your muscles are 70-plus percent water - how are you not drinking water during a workout? I get the whole, 'Let's challenge ourselves; let's do that prison, tough guy thing,' but at the end of the day, you're underperforming.

Regardless of how I feel, I always push through all of my workouts before I get ready for the game, because even though I might not like it then, even though I might be a little tired or fatigued, in the long run, it pays off.