Is it ok to eat after the gym?
BillyKincaid
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Seems like every time i go to the gym i come back and eat my dinner after my work out. Should i start eating before my workouts?
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you SHOULD be eating post workout...0
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You should be eating a nice full meal after a workout to help refuel your body.0
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what they said!
i loveee my post workout meal. i workup the biggest appetite haha.0 -
I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.0
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I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.0
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doesn't matter0
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I regularly have my supper right after a workout. I don't think it hurts anything - hasn't done me any harm.0
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you need to eat after to fuel your body0
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I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
Agreed0 -
If you're hungry, then eat. If you're not, at least drink some water to rehydrate. I'd assume that's a given, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to reenforce what everyone should know.0
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different opinions exist on this issue... so you're gonna have to figure it out for yourself and whatever gets you better results is what you should do. (even though odds are you'll get better results by eating a recovery meal of some kind)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/232413410 -
Well i hope i can cause im always hungry lol, plus i work out late i come back home around 8:30 and idk if i should even put food in my stomach at that time? anyone have suggestions?0
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I found I had better results when I eat soon after a workout. Even if it's a snack like an egg or nuts - whatever.
I also find that having a snack pre-workout 1-1.5 hours before helps too.
Whatever makes you feel good0 -
I eat my dinner after my workout, but not for a little while after because exercising makes me not hungry.0
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Well i hope i can cause im always hungry lol, plus i work out late i come back home around 8:30 and idk if i should even put food in my stomach at that time? anyone have suggestions?
Studies have time and time against shown that it doesn't matter what time you put food in your belly. If you are hungry, eat. I won't eat for the last hour before bed, but only because I can't sleep on a totally full stomach. It's pure personal choice.0 -
I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
And another. If you are eating every 4 hours or so your bodyis getting enough nutrients to recover. The rest is all driven by personal preference. There is no short, critical anabolic window.0 -
Eat whenever you feel like it. I can't eat before I workout or I'd be throwing up all over the gym... Afterwards, as in a hour or so, I'm hungry anyway, so that's when I eat.
Do what works for you!0 -
Eating after is best, your metabolism is running pretty good at that time!0
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Don't forget to rehydrate.0
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I disagree with all the posters above. Eat any time that feels best.
^^that
Caveat: unless you have just done a glycogen depleting workout, then you should be eating again before doing another one.0
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