The secrets of Carlos Alcaraz’s diet

Carlos Alcaraz celebrated with everything on Sunday. The 20-year-old Spaniard was crowned at Wimbledon , thus obtaining the second Grand Slam of his career. And he didn’t anyway. In front of him was Novak Djokovic his closest pursuer in the ATP ranking (2nd), who had lifted the London trophy seven times.

A duel that in the first games seemed to spiral out of control after losing 6-1 in the first round. Far from collapsing, he gave himself the necessary encouragement for the start of the school year.At the end I said to myself that it was necessary to raise the level “, he said after the meeting.

Of course, this physical and mental strength is not something that I have been preparing for recently. At the start of 2022, when he was among the top 20 tennis players in the world and with two ATP titles already under his belt, he delivered the keys to his preparation to sweep the ATP Tour.

“At first it was a disaster and, little by little, with the help of my team, I learned what to eat and how to train at all times: in tournaments, when I’m in pre-season, in weeks of training”, he underlined in dialogue with the magazine Mens Health.

“The only secret is to work and take care of every detail on a daily basis. Rest, eat well, train one hundred percent… The sum of all these elements is the key and, honestly, in the past two years, I have done everything better than ever. I didn’t skip a comma he added, realizing his consistency.

At the same time, he ruled out looking to increase muscle volume to focus on other aspects. “For now, I think that’s how I stay. For tennis, it’s not very good to have a lot of muscle. I prefer not to grow anymore, stay as I am now and work on other aspects that are basic for tennis: agility, speed, power ”.

It eats? Alcaraz gives the key to its diet. The Spaniard confessed that prkill the fish with meat, which is why it is often part of his diet, along with salad and rice. Another food he always considers is pasta, a great ally in the diet of athletes.

just an hour and a half before a game It’s when he eats pasta: “I eat a plate of gluten-free mixed pasta. In other words, pasta with and without gluten, with a cocoa cream called ambrosia that contains olive oil and dates,” he said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo.

During the match, the tennis player opted for “a bar that has dates, egg whites and guarana”, a snack that combines with bananas. In addition, one of his favorite foods and which he considers a perfect ally for the night before of a party is the Sushi “I like sushi! It’s very good,” he says. Finally, another of the surprising quirks of the Alcaraz regime is the kebab .

Recovering from a 6-1 defeat in the final, in a full stadium and against Novak Djokovic, is certainly not easy. Of course, Alcaraz has been working for a long time to manage these situations in order to succeed.

“I don’t really like to say it, but I think I’m pretty good mechanically on the track, in terms of hitting and so on. What I have to work on is the mental aspect. Being focused all the time, not going downhill, not having ups and downs in games… These are issues that I need to improve a lot “, he commented.

And for that, he used a traumatic experience as an example. In 2021, he was missed at the Paris Masters 1000 when he faced local Hugo Gaston for the round of 16 of the competition.

The Hispanic ended up being overwhelmed by the environment against him and ended up falling 6-4 and 7-5. “It was the worst moment of my career, because it was the first time I faced something like this. But, at the same time, I’m happy to have experienced it so early, because now I know how to handle this kind of situation. . For me, tennis is something almost purely mental. In the end, you are there alone on the track, and it is you and you alone who must overcome the problems and know how to find solutions. ”.

In the end, all this preparation began to bear fruit and the world of tennis appreciated the irruption of the Spaniards, part of the new generation of tennis players who came to take the circuit.