{"id":2137,"date":"2010-12-01T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2010-12-01T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T20:27:36","slug":"holiday-break-is-no-break-for-serious-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/holiday-break-is-no-break-for-serious-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Break is No Break for Serious Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Setting a Plan and Sticking to It is the Key<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Everyone else may be headed for a few weeks off when the holiday break comes, but there\u2019s no such thing as a break for serious college prospects.\u00a0 Certainly, there\u2019s relief from the academic grind of day-to-day classroom work, but while others may be gorging on seasonal goodies, athletes must remain vigilant to their diets and exercise regimens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The holiday season is fraught with opportunities to cheat and fall back on diet and conditioning.\u00a0 And, there will be days when a turkey sandwich with mayo on white bread alongside a pile of chips and a glass of cold milk is too tempting to pass up.\u00a0 Nevertheless, athletes who want to maintain their physical status during the holidays must have the willpower to turn away from overindulgence.\u00a0 To borrow an overused phrase, moderation is the key.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tough as it may be, it\u2019s the life a college-bound athlete has chosen.\u00a0 Ever mindful that there is always a competitor out there (someone gunning for the same scholarship offer) whose self-discipline will keep\u00a0him or her\u00a0on track, the athletes who stay the course and come out of the December vacation without having crumbled under the pressure to eat more and exercise less are the ones with a decided advantage headed into the spring.\u00a0\u00a0Slapping the pounds on happens quickly, but\u00a0tugging them off is a far rougher task.<\/p>\n

Our best advice?\u00a0 Prior to the holidays starting, jot down and commit to eating guidelines and a rigid workout schedule.\u00a0 Give yourself some leeway, yes, but don’t stray too far away, at least not to the extent of making recovery a painful ordeal.\u00a0 At the top of the page write this:\u00a0 MY HOLIDAY COMMITMENTS.\u00a0 Post them in your bedroom and on the kitchen fridge.\u00a0 Read the list daily as a reminder of your goals and adjust if the need arises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Setting a Plan and Sticking to It is the Key Everyone else may be headed for a few weeks off when the holiday break comes, but there\u2019s no such thing as a break for serious college prospects.\u00a0 Certainly, there\u2019s relief from the academic grind of day-to-day classroom work, but while others may be gorging on … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}