(upbeat music)
- Hey, what's up, guys?
Jordan Burroughs, Olympic Wrestler here,
and we are in my kitchen in Lincoln, Nebraska.
I'm gonna show you guys how I refuel
after a hard training cycle.
(intense music)
Wresting is one of the few sports
where you actually have to maintain
a certain weight to be able to compete.
So, nutrition is imperative.
My weight class in 163 pounds.
So, typically I'm about seven to eight pounds over.
So, I wanna make sure that everything that
I put into my body is gonna help me fuel for performance.
I started wrestling at 5 years old.
I really didn't know what I needed to fuel my body,
but as I got older, I needed to understand that
what I put into my body, would be what I got out.
So, the better the fuel, the better the performance.
(intense music)
I typically wake up at about 6:30AM.
I'm up before all the family is in the house.
I try to eat maybe an hour or two before
I have to go out and train
because I like my body to be relatively hungry.
So, not full, not weighed down.
I like to get the nutrients that I need,
but also still be able to perform at a high level.
I like to start my day off with a smoothie.
So, my main product and ingredient in my smoothie
is gonna be just spinach.
I just use a handful of organic spinach
that you can get at any local grocer.
I'll also use some almond milk.
I go nondairy.
Avocado, which is high in like healthy fats.
I do chia seeds and flax seeds,
which are high in fiber and also omegas.
Then I'll do some tumeric,
which is an antiinflammatory to make sure that
after a hard days work,
my muscles have the ability to recover.
I'll do some almond butter
just for like some thickness and texture and flavor.
Then I'll do some plant-based protein
that I need to help my muscles grow and recover.
And then lastly, finish it off with some ice.
This is my everyday smoothie.
This is what I start each day off with,
and this keeps me going til about noon to 1 o'clock,
until I actually do lunch.
(intense music)
All right, so now, we're moving on to lunch.
So, we've just gotten back from our 9:00AM practice.
Where we were on the wrestling mat,
we had a good hour in a half training cycle,
and we're hungry.
I like to go high protein
because my muscles are really
working hard throughout the day,
but also I like to get a good amount of fruit
and just to the antioxidants,
but also to get the sugar that I'm gonna need
to have a good training cycle once again.
So, I like to start off with a veggie omelet.
I just take three organic eggs accompanied by some veggies.
And so, I like to do mushrooms.
You can do shiitake, bello, whatever your favorite are.
I like to saute all of these items
and ingredients along with my eggs.
So, I'll have some onions with it.
I'll add some peppers into it.
Then, I'll make a fruit salad on the side.
Blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries, as well.
Finish it off with some blackberries.
And so, this is what I usually refuel with in the afternoon.
I've got protein to replenish my muscles,
but I've also got some fruit that's gonna give me the sugar
and the energy that I need
to go back and compete this afternoon.
(intense rock music)
I want to be consistent in everything that I do.
That goes from breakfast to dinner time.
I wanna recover at a high level,
so I can perform at a high level.
So, as I arrive home at typically about 6:00PM,
from my evening practice,
I wanna make sure that I've got the right things
prepared to replenish my body from a long day.
So, I start off with spinach.
This time, I wanna saute my spinach.
I usually eat it raw, but this time I'm gonna do it sauteed.
I'll accompany that with sauteed mushrooms.
So, these are really a good combo
that I like to put together.
And then, I like to have a sweet potato is also really good.
This is where I get a lot of the fiber
and the things that I need.
And then lastly, I'm a bid seafood guy.
I grew up on the East Coast, born and raised in New Jersey.
So, being close to the ocean,
I had an afinity for fish and a lot of seafood.
And so, I'm a salmon guy.
Typically, king salmon, Atlantic salmon, fresh wild cod.
Making sure that everything here is sustainable,
and this is gonna be my dinner.
So, I usually incorporate all of these in together,
and I put it in one big bowl, stir it all up,
and that's how I replenish and rehydrate
to prepare for my next training cycle the following day.
So, thank you guys, for following along with me today.
If you picked up some tips from my diet,
this is something that
has helped to make met wrestler that I am today.
(upbeat music)