thajeepster

Ive decided to start working out first thing in the morning. Im curious on how to eat around my workout, do you guys think that nothing prior and a good pwo shake afterwards + meal 45 min later is ok? or should I have something before as well? I was planning on just having a couple of hard boiled egg whites and a handful of cereal before i head out the door, just to have something in my stomach then workout for about an hour, have my pwo, 1 scoop whey, banana, gatorade, then have a bowl of oats about a half hour later.

Any advice would help me out alot, anyone else workout early? What do you do?

min0 lee

I have the same dilemna, I get up at 5:00 and leave the door at 5:30 so I am too much in a rush to cook anything.

JLB001

Have a lil carbs before the workout. When I use to train with a trainer, I would do cardio at one gym on an empty tummy, when finished hop in the car with nasty boiled egg whites and a packet of oatmeal, train with him, then eat again a short while later.

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

Emma-Leigh

I train at 6am so I get up at 5.15am and have a shake (carbs + protein) before training. It does the job.

I just have everything but my whey in a shaker bottle the night before, then as soon as I wake up I just add a scoop of whey and some water.

Things like whey, skim milk, a banana etc would digest fast enough to supply your body with fuel before your workout. Just give it 30 mins and you are good to go.

thajeepster

instead of a pwo is a bowl of oats with a scoop of whey ok?

LAM

huge mistake training in the am on an empty stomach.

blend up a shake with some whey/oats/fruit or whey/oats/dextrose

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What you talking about Willis ?

thajeepster

So i had a shake and a bowl of oats before workout today, and i felt like i was going to puke the entire time. I think tomorrow im just going with the shake.

Emma-Leigh

Add skim milk, ff/sf yoghurt or a banana to the shake - protein alone is not going to be nearly as beneficial.

If you don't want to take time add skim milk powder and protein powder to a shaker last thing at night and then in the morning add water and shake.

For after your workout oats and a shake would be fine.

DeadBolt

I consume a complex micture of proteins and bcaa's + flax first thing in the morning then hit the weights. Post w/o I consume whey and oats. This is a style of diet I follow that someone hooked me on though.

Many will go carbs pre and post w/o. I do not though.

It also depends on your goals...are you maintaining, bulking, cutting? There are different meals that should be consumed for each stage.

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