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What to eat before work out?

Is there anything special I should be eating before a workout?

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November 6, 2006 | In Questions |

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Consuming proper Pre-workout foods is very important for attaining a maximum lifting capacity workout. The pre-workout foods you consume will most likely determine whether or not you achieve your maximum potential during your workout.

Getting in those few extra reps or increasing the weight your lifting is possible if you eat a proper pre-workout meal. You should always consume a balanced pre-workout meal one to two hours before (depending on your metabolism and how much you eat) as well as taking a supplement 15-45 minutes before a workout.

These pre-workout meals will allow you to have increased muscle strength, better endurance, give you increased energy, give you better pumps, burn more calories and improve your concentration.

Consider easting these foods before a workout:

Proper pre-workout Meal:

Fruit should be eaten at all times throughout the day. Fruit helps dilate the blood vessels reducing stress on the heart. Dilating the blood will allow blood to flow around the body easier as well as prevent increased high blood pressure. If you are taking supplements such as caffeine, ephedrine HCl or fat burners, (WHICH I DON’T ADVISE) they are all vasoconstrictors.
Fruits are packed with vitamins and some carbohydrates or simple sugars to fuel your workout. My three favorite pre-workout fruits are bananas, which are packed with carbohydrates and potassium which prevents cramps. My second and thirdfavorites are oranges and apples, which are high in vitamin C and contains electrolytes which also prevents cramps.

Moderate To Low GI Carbohydrates

These carbohydrates will fuel your body with energy throughout the entire workout. If you eat a high GI carb before a workout, you will have a lot a energy at the start but quickly start to crash.
Carbohydrates are the main source energy in a workout. I would recommend brown rice, stone ground whole wheat bread or pumpernickel bread, whole wheat bagel or whole wheat pasta or oatmeal.

A quick and easy pre-workout meal could be a bowl of oatmeal with two tablespoons of honey and a banana and strawberries added for extra flavor and energy.

Priming The Body For Peak Performance:

Eating before a workout is the best way to improve energy levels. Having a large meal before a workout will fill the body’s important energy stores, allowing you to move maximum poundage and finish your muscle building workout in strong fashion!

Working Out Hungry
Is Not A Good Idea!

Ever since I first started lifting weights, having a pre-workout meal has been important to me. If I can’t get in some food before my workout, I have to delay my workout until I am able to eat first. Having the right foods before a workout makes all the difference.
You may not notice it in a less taxing exercise, such as leg extensions, but on a very taxing movement like the squat, deadlift, or bent-over rows your strength will really take a hit if you are not properly fed before a workout.

Remember To Always Leave Time In Between The Pre-Workout Meal & Your Workout!

This might seem obvious to most of you, but if your a beginner you shouldn’t just chow down on your pre-workout meal, and then head right to the gym for your workout.

Allow For Digestion:

Give some time in between your pre-workout meal and your actual workout so that you give the food some time to actually be digested and get into the muscles. If you eat your meal and then start working out right away, your food will not be fully digested, and it will be sloshing around in your stomach.

Conclusion:

The pre-workout meal is very underrated, there’s no doubting it is one of the most important meals of the day, for both endurance athletes and power athletes, such as weight lifters and bodybuilders.

Eat strong and be strong.

Power Health Always,
Dan Przyojski

Comment by DAN PRZYOJSKI — November 9, 2006 #
hey great advice men right there i have a question..

like a month ago i started lifting weights and do like 1 hr of cardio before the weights i do 4 hrs in the morning and then on then around 6 pm i hit my kickboxing and jiu-jitsu classes

i started to take a fat burner called stacker

at 1st was great and everything but recenlty i cant sleep at all

so i stoped taking them but when im in the middle of my rutine i crash.. any food u recomend before i work out? that intense?

Comment by leo — September 14, 2007 #
This is actually one of the most helpful strategy i’ve read im just wondering the other types of food there is to consume to boost up energy in your body

Comment by dave — February 29, 2008 #
Great info I play basketball 3 times a week and sometimes I eat other times I don’t. My friend wrote a book Almun Gunter and mentioned the importance of writing down what you eat and see what times you perform the best by eating habits. I know there is many more variables than that but it makes sense.

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Comment by Trent Partridge — August 1, 2008 #
Oatmeal & some fruit is what works for me. And make sure AFTER your workout to eat again….& smoke a fat 1

Comment by Daddy mack — October 21, 2008 #