We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!
CAFFEINE BEFORE GYM?

Moya6512
Posts: 53 Member
How effective and safe is it to drink a 5 hour energy shot before a workout. What is the best energy source if your body is sluggish?
0
Replies
-
Should be fine. Lots of people use straight caffeine pills as pre workouts.0
-
Pre-workout stimulants can range from something like a cup of coffee, through to L Carnitine tablets, all the way though to things like Thermo Detonator or .50 Cal and the like for the heavier lifters. Perfectly fine. Many people however, prefer to take some whey before starting, or BCAAs, or both.
Depends on the type of training I guess.
But yes, you'll be fine.0 -
If you're doing a high intensity cardio as in HIITs what would be best and low calorie or no calorie?
I would be interested in something like this. Coffee I find leaves me super thirsty so I don't use it pre-workout.0 -
Well I can only offer my own personal basis on this, but I do HIIT cardio before and after my weight lifting, so I'll go with it.
Personally, I use Grenade .50 Cal as a pre-workout stimulant. 1 serving is about 23g and has a calorific content of 25 calories.
If I was doing just cardio, I'd take a half-serving, personally, but I tend to do 20mins HIIT cardio, weights, then 20mins cardio once more.
However if you're not used to stimulants, you might want to look elsewhere. Some L Carnitine would work better perhaps, and that has no calories.0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 394.5K Introduce Yourself
- 44K Getting Started
- 260.5K Health and Weight Loss
- 176.1K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.7K Fitness and Exercise
- 444 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153.1K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 16 News and Announcements
- 1.3K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.8K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions