PESHAWAR
\nThree-day Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Refreshes Course based on Nutrition, diets of athletes and enhancing stamina, drill and provision of conducive environment to athletes got under way at scenic lake city Rawalakot of Azad Jammu and Kashmir with the collaboration of district administration, govt of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
\nThis was stated by internationally famed Course Conductor Rana Nasrullah while talking to APP on phone. He said the aim and objective of the course is to motivate our upcoming young athletes, both female and male, to come and excel at national and international levels.
\nJoining him in the course was another international famed, who had his PhD in Nutrition from Philadelphia, USA, a Pakistan origin US national Dr. Nabil Chaudhry and Deputy Director General (Technical) and Course Conductor Shahid Islam.
\nThe opening ceremony of the course was also attended by more than 67 male and female participants from across AJK including recently gold medalist of the Punjab Games Aziza, hailing from Neelum Valley along with Javed Saleem, Chairman, District Council, Malik Shoukat Hayat, Director Sports, Youth and Culture and Coordinator of the Course Regional Director Sardar Luqman Khan were also present.
\nRawalakot is also known as the \u201cPearl Valley\u201d of Azad Kashmir due to its specialty in natural beauty and amazing scenery. The Valley is famous for its vibrant green fields, blooming flowers, wonderful lakes, powerful waterways, and wildlife adventure to experience.
\nAs far the PSB Course was based on nutrition, diets of athletes, performance enhancing food for topic relates to Dr. Nabil Chaudhry while Rana Nasrullah would deliver his lectures on enhancing stamina, drill and provision of conducive environment to athletes and Shahid Islam during his two-day session would highlight ways and means for conducting the courses under the directives of DG PSB Shoaib Khosa and Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari.
\nRana Nasrullah disclosed that after Course in AJK they would go to Balochistan to conduct two courses on different dates before Eid-ul-Adha and in July more such courses would be organized in different cities. In his lecture, Dr. Nabil said that here is a wide variety of foods like breads and cereals, vegetables, particularly leafy green varieties, fruit, lean meat and low-fat dairy products to enhance long term nutrition habits and behaviors, enable the athlete to achieve optimal body weight and body fat levels for performance.
\nDr. Nabil said the best fruit for athletes, berries, are rich in antioxidants and help preserve muscle strength. Bananas are an excellent source of electrolytes, plus they\u2019re high in potassium. He said, Cherries help in preventing muscle pain and reducing inflammation thanks to their high levels of antioxidants.
\nRana Nasrullah in his lecture said that there is no one way to maximize your athletic performance, however, managing hydration, getting proper sleep, taking the right supplements, switching up your workout routine, and looking after your mental health are the best first steps you can take to achieve optimal performance.
\nHe said for best stamina, Banana and Apple are foods that are loved by most people, irrespective of their age. Such also happens to be one of the best foods to increase stamina along with the use of apples. These fruits are rich in carbohydrates and also have natural sugar and starch which gives you the energy to keep going throughout practice sessions as well as help in competitions, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Three-day Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Refreshes Course based on Nutrition, diets of athletes and enhancing stamina, drill and provision of conducive environment to athletes got under way at scenic lake city Rawalakot of Azad Jammu and Kashmir with the collaboration of district administration, govt of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. This was stated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n