(HealthDay News) -- Eating a proper diet, including enough healthy carbohydrates, can help prepare your body for lifting weights -- or what professionals call resistance training.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends these healthy carbohydrate choices for people focused on resistance training:

• Whole-grain foods, including quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat bread and whole wheat pasta.
• Plenty of fruits.
• Dairy foods, including milk and cheese.
• Sports bars and sports drinks.

You should consume between 2.3 and 3.6 grams of carbohydrates per pound per day, the academy says.