00:00What's going on guys? I'm Jalen Hurts. Today I'm going to talk about what my diet looks like and how that influences my training.
00:30I think an excuse people always tell athletes is you work out a lot, you're always moving around a lot so you can eat whatever you want. There's some truth in that. I think you have to have some discipline as well. And what I try to incorporate is a good amount of fish, good amount of steak and chicken and protein, your three bases. It all varies in what I'm putting into my body throughout the season.
00:59And where I'm at, I keep it consistent. In terms of portion and everything, I keep it consistent from practice days to training days to game days.
01:08A day of eating consists of tons of water, one, one to two protein shakes, a lot of fruits, a lot of turkey in the mornings, a lot of eggs, whether that's scrambled, light or over easy. Turkey bacon and maybe a carb or a potato or something or some toast, one of the two.
01:30One of the two. But I try to keep it light in the mornings and I try to keep it light for lunch. Consistently a salad, whether it's a Caesar salad or a carb type salad. For dinner it's Stoach Proteins, you know what I'm talking about. In terms of protein, I keep it very consistent within the big three, fishes, chickens and steaks. Pretty open to vegetables. I like to try a lot of different vegetables. And then I do manage the carbs in the off season, depending on how much running I'm doing.
01:32Carbs fill you up. I think that's the best for me. I do. And I try to keep it light in the morning. I try to keep it light in the morning. I try to keep it light in the morning.
01:38In the morning, I try to keep it light for lunch. Consistently a salad, whether it's Caesar salad or a carb type salad. For dinner, it's Stoach Proteins. You know what I'm talking about. In terms of protein, I keep it very consistent within the big three.
01:48Fishes, chickens and steaks. Pretty open to vegetables. I like to try a lot of different vegetables. And then I do manage the carbs in the off season, depending on how much running I'm doing. Carbs fill you up.
02:02As an athlete, you don't want to walk around
02:04feeling too heavy all the time.
02:06And so I don't necessarily eat to get full.
02:10No cremptonite.
02:11You find the sugars in your drinks
02:13and avoid the ice creams.
02:16It's tempting at times, but it's self-subscribed.
02:20In the office, you spend a lot of time in there
02:23coming up with the game plan
02:25and we eat a lot of sunflower seeds.
02:27So that's our thing.
02:28A nostalgic remembrance of my childhood,
02:31playing baseball and being in the dugout and stuff.
02:34So they've done me well.
02:36I want to say my D-line's coach's wife
02:39makes us cookies after wins.
02:41He gets them for the D-line room.
02:43Somehow I found myself getting a bag of cookies as well
02:46and we kept winning and he kept them coming.
02:48So sometimes I'll indulge, sometimes I won't.
02:53I don't see it as a cheat.
02:54I see it as more so a reward.
02:56Butter pecan, ice cream, Blue Bell.
02:57It's changed as I've gone through my career.
03:03I've learned the importance of diet
03:05and how it can affect your body
03:07and how it responds to certain things.
03:09So whether that's your vibe,
03:11what you put in your body that affects that.
03:13I say knowing how my body responds to certain things,
03:17I think that's the most important thing as an athlete.
03:19I know how my body responds when I eat too many carbs
03:23and I know how it responds when I don't eat any.
03:28I think the off-season diet is important
03:30because that's the time you're preparing yourself
03:32for the season.
03:33In the off-season I take out carbs out of my diet
03:36because carbs is like a big supply of energy.
03:40I go through these phases where I'm not running as much.
03:42And so it's fuel that I don't need.
03:45And so it also keeps me slim as well.
03:47And I have better control over my body.
03:50What's hard is the diet or the training?
03:54Training.
03:55This is where the work is done.
03:56Both of them are training in an element.
03:58You have to train yourself to eat the right things
04:00if you want the results.
04:02And you also have to train, actually put the work in.
04:05You know, foundationally it changes over time
04:08as you get older because as a kid
04:10I used to be outside playing basketball
04:12and instead of going to the water holes
04:14I'd sneak inside and go grab a couple Kool-Aid,
04:16you know, and play off with that.
04:17So not doing that as a professional.
04:21Favorite family recipe, crawfish.
04:23My father got it from my grandfather
04:26and I now carry the torch.
04:28I don't mind telling you it's pretty hard to replicate.
04:31You have the base, your Louisiana seasonings.
04:34You can put anything in it.
04:35The secret is to make sure they're clean.
04:38My last meal on earth would be crawfish.
04:42My comfort food, I say my comfort food
04:47is a fresh batch of chicken, fried chicken.
04:51Fresh out of the grease.
04:53Thanks for watchin', I hope you learned a little bit
