Eating before a workout?

[Katie1309]

MY flattie and I are having a debate about whether you should eat before the gym - I say its fine, she says it impedes your workout and you shouldn't eat for an hour before or an hour after. Which one of us is right?

[Mcmass]

Your both right, no problem eating before you train as long as it doesn't make you feel sick.

But there is also no need to eat before a workout either.

Also it depends on the workout for example I could eat a huge meal before doing curls, but not before having a leg workout or doing intense cardio :shifty:

Another thing to mention is if it has been longer than you normally have for a meal your blood sugar/energy is going to be low, in this case at least have something light or have a meal and wait a little longer to train if you think it would effect your workout :clap:

[jimmybro1]

I eat an hour before working out. Train at 5:30am so eat at 4:30am like to eat an hour before so I don't feel sick.

You have been fasting for 8 or so hours when your sleeping you must be as hungry as hell when you wake up.

There is a forum about "meal timing" which may help you with your question. A lot seem to believe that meal timing is irrelevant it's just the macros that you consume throughout the day that matter.

I will let you be your own judge of that.

[greemah]

Personal preference, some people get energized others just feel bogged down

[Diab0lic]

For me personally if I eat a decent meal pre-workout (like one with oats, etc) then I do it 90 mins before picking up my first weight. Hate the feeling of training with a full gut. Other times I've had only a shake before morning training and I find I can have that easily in the 30 minutes before training, even right before. I have also trained fasted. But... my lifts don't really change no matter what I do.

However if you are used to training after eating plenty and suddenly swap to fasted (or vice versa) you may not have the best workout, but it doesn't take that long to adapt to either.

IMO, post workout meal is more important that pre, and eating within the hour after training is a good thing but is not "necessary"

However, generalizations like "it impedes your workout and you shouldn't eat for an hour before or an hour after" is just broscience. Too many factors to consider and many approaches work just as well as each other.

Also depends on the types of training you are doing to an extent

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[FellowshipOfTheRon]

i find my preworkout stims are heaps more effective if i go on a totally empty stomach, i guess this is the real reason why i (and probably many others) feel real energetic at gym in fasted state. have not felt any loss of energy since i began doing it, energy is just going up and up so gonna keep doing it.

the other benefit for me with going fasted is that i can go as hard as i want and not have to worry about trying to stop that vomitty feeling - if it happens then oh well, just a little water comes up which i easily swallow back down... lots easier than trying to force some tuna back down in the middle of a squat.

[Gym rat]

Me personaly before I train just have some simple carbs like a handful of raisons or a apple and feel fine and from time to time when I go the gym early like at six in the morning for example I have breakfast a hour before I train.On my last trips to Aucks I picked up a big can of V or Mother before going to the gym plus that give me a good caffine buzz before hitting the gym.

[severe]

I can eat up to an hour before, but never with squats. I don't like that feeling.

I eat about half an hour afterwards, after a shake.

I find I can't train early without eating though, so I chose night workouts where I have a day of eating under me.

[boostinu13]

You really got to think about digestion on this one. It is better to eat before the gym for the energy atleast but under an hour even hour and a half and your body will not have been able to digest that food so its just going to make you feel bad.

First thing in the morning something quick like banana, shake etc is good of you feel you need something, but any other time of day best to have a meal.

Excuse my poorly worded post, its 1.30am and I have no idea why I am awake and on here haha :?

How ever a abstract from an article which is more accurate then me talking.

Inconculsion training in the fasted stated is more effective then Having Carbohydrates to increase muscular oxidative capacity and at the same time enchances exercise induced net intracellular lipid degradation. In addation training in the fasted state but not carbohydrate training prevented drop of glucose concentration during fasting exercise

(Beneficial metabolic adaptions due to endurance exercise training in the fasted state. Karen Proeyen K. 2010)

[Sonja]

Yes you are both on the right.

Likewise personal preference, i fast for a 5am cardio, pre-carb nite before for leg and back workout, I literally stay fueled eating every 2.5-3hrs 7 days a week to maintain my weight and working out. What I eat and when, matters alot my job as a personal trainer means i have to keep my energy levels high, and get to do my own workout in between clients.

[severe]

How ever a abstract from an article which is more accurate then me talking.

Inconculsion training in the fasted stated is more effective then Having Carbohydrates to increase muscular oxidative capacity and at the same time enchances exercise induced net intracellular lipid degradation. In addation training in the fasted state but not carbohydrate training prevented drop of glucose concentration during fasting exercise

(Beneficial metabolic adaptions due to endurance exercise training in the fasted state. Karen Proeyen K. 2010)

Strong spelling, for a research paper extract.

[boostinu13]

How ever a abstract from an article which is more accurate then me talking.

Inconculsion training in the fasted stated is more effective then Having Carbohydrates to increase muscular oxidative capacity and at the same time enchances exercise induced net intracellular lipid degradation. In addation training in the fasted state but not carbohydrate training prevented drop of glucose concentration during fasting exercise

(Beneficial metabolic adaptions due to endurance exercise training in the fasted state. Karen Proeyen K. 2010)

Strong spelling, for a research paper extract.

A) I have Dyslexia so my spelling + Grammer is shocking haha

B) As I said it was 1.30 am.

I did give the article name to prove I was not just talking out my ass.

[Kalidane]

How ever a abstract from an article which is more accurate then me talking.

Inconculsion training in the fasted stated is more effective then Having Carbohydrates to increase muscular oxidative capacity and at the same time enchances exercise induced net intracellular lipid degradation. In addation training in the fasted state but not carbohydrate training prevented drop of glucose concentration during fasting exercise

(Beneficial metabolic adaptions due to endurance exercise training in the fasted state. Karen Proeyen K. 2010)

Strong spelling, for a research paper extract.

A) I have Dyslexia so my spelling + Grammer is shocking haha

B) As I said it was 1.30 am.

I did give the article name to prove I was not just talking out my ass.

May be not the best supporting argument??

[crow#zero]

I am doing leangains which utilizes fasted workouts.. I managed to pull 7x145kg deadlifts after fasting for 20 hours.. was a new pb and blew my mind!

But fasting aside, i would usually make my last meal 2 hours before (also helps my pre workout supplement when its on an empty stomach)