miss celinay abayomi

This study investigated the Impact of Nutrition on Muscle Recovery and Performance of University of Benin Athletes. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population of the study consists of 12o students athletes of the University of Benin. A survey was conducted among 36 participants, 9 football athletes, 6 basketball athletes, 6 volleyball athletes, 3 handball athletes, 6 athletics athletes, 3 swimming athletes and 3 hockey athletes. The sampling technique applied was the fish bowl method of the simple random sampling. The participants filled a self-structured questionnaire which was validated by experts in the department of Human Kinetics and Sports Science, and was the research instrument administered by the researcher. The data was analyzed using the using frequency percentage and the mean and standard deviation. The study was able to find out the Impact of Nutrition on muscle recovery in athletes, how nutritional status impact performance in various sports, the differences in the nutritional needs of male and female athletes. The study also found out that personalized nutrition plans enhance performance and improve injury and that hydration influences performance of athletes during training activities and competition. The study recommended therefore that athletes should pay attention to their nutritional needs to know what works best for them, athletes should incorporate meals such as sport snacks during trainings and competition to help in better performance and quick muscle recovery, athletes should be educated on what type of meals to take before, during and after training activities for quick muscle recovery and during competitions, water, energy drinks, sport water should be readily available for athletes during competition to keep them hydrated at all times during the period of the competition to reduce fatigue and enhance performa