http://www.blackbeltmag.com/daily/m...your-martial-arts-weight-training-routines-2/Sports nutrition not only enables you to stoke your furnace with the best energy-boosting and recovery-enhancing food, but it also gives you the tools to understand the inner workings of your physiology, including how to achieve optimal body composition. Why is that important? Because at some point in your life, you may have to cut weightperhaps to make weight at a martial arts tournament or just to shape up for the summer. The worst thing about cutting weight is, when its required, it often has to be done quickly. You need to take pains to do it right so you maintain the strength and stamina you worked so hard to build.