Thread: late night training and food

Keep your protein, fats and fruit but skip the dextrose and add oats instead.

o ok...ya probably not a good idea to have all those sugars from dexrose before bed. thanks for your input. ill give that a shot tomorrow.

Got to ask, Jodi said add oats to the shake. I have heard a lot of you talking about putting oats in the shakes. R u using a blender or just mixing the oats in and drinkin it down. What gives???

Paul.

Originally Posted by paulpwrs

Got to ask, Jodi said add oats to the shake. I have heard a lot of you talking about putting oats in the shakes. R u using a blender or just mixing the oats in and drinkin it down. What gives???

Yeah thats what I do.

I hope you guys don't mind me asking a similar question here. My gym training usually ends around 9:30pm on the weekdays and I immediately take a PWO shake afterwards. That should be good for about an hour. Come 10:30pm, would I be better off having one final meal (eggs, brown rice, veggies) and then casein+PB two hours later (my bedtime protein), or skip the final meal and have casein+PB+oats and have sleep early? I get up 6:30am weekday mornings for work. Thanks.

Originally Posted by gmontem

I hope you guys don't mind me asking a similar question here. My gym training usually ends around 9:30pm on the weekdays and I immediately take a PWO shake afterwards. That should be good for about an hour. Come 10:30pm, would I be better off having one final meal (eggs, brown rice, veggies) and then casein+PB two hours later (my bedtime protein), or skip the final meal and have casein+PB+oats and have sleep early? I get up 6:30am weekday mornings for work. Thanks.

I have this same question. In the past, when I can't stay up extra late to cram in those last two meals, I will just eat a normal meal an hour after PWO shake and then go to bed (no bedtime shake).

Originally Posted by WATTS

due to my schedule i may have to workout after work which would make me train at around 9:30-10:30 at night. i usually have a shake that contains whey and dextrose and then i eat a banana with it....what should i have for a pre bed meal if i were to train so late? whould it stay the same? as of now im doing 1 scoop whey with 1 scoop casien protein. 16 ounces of skim milk and 3 fish oil caps. does would this suffice or should i change it up?

The time of day you eat really isn't very important. What matters most is staying in the calorie range you need to be in. People have different schedules so of course they will eat at different times as well.

When I train late, I like to have a shake immeadiately after gym (whey, waxy maize starch, and rengeneration), followed by turkey tenderloin and spinach an hour later.

But, like flex said... just keep it in your calorie range.