favorite pre-workout snacks

jillleifer
jillleifer Posts: 3
in Food and Nutrition
what is your favorite pre-workout snack?

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  • rejectuf
    rejectuf Posts: 487 Member
    I don't like solid food before a workout. I'll do a drink consisting of BCAAs, arginine, beta alanine, creatine, and caffeine. Helps me stay focused, energetic, and prevents too much muscle fatigue.
  • PumpJockeyy
    PumpJockeyy Posts: 98 Member
    Rice cakes with some peanut butter!
  • tziol
    tziol Posts: 206 Member
    coffee :)
  • yossale3
    yossale3 Posts: 224 Member
    dates
  • Basilin
    Basilin Posts: 360 Member
    rejectuf wrote: »
    I don't like solid food before a workout. I'll do a drink consisting of BCAAs, arginine, beta alanine, creatine, and caffeine. Helps me stay focused, energetic, and prevents too much muscle fatigue.

    What is the drink? Sounds like a good plan.

  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    fish and a rice cake
  • mellowkate
    mellowkate Posts: 32 Member
    I like to hit the gym after work. I'll have 2-3 hard boiled egg whites about an hour before I leave the office. Satiates the hunger that's starting to build up toward the end of the day, and it's an easy source of protein.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    yossale3 wrote: »
    dates

    Tried that, left me late to my work out and a little too tired for any real volume.
  • RatherBeFishing
    RatherBeFishing Posts: 61 Member
    Pizza from Papa John's... Yummy..
  • yossale3
    yossale3 Posts: 224 Member
    well i eat 2-3 madjul dates with my cofee , an hour before my running.
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    I take a protein shake made with cold-brew coffee and almond milk with some BCAA capsules. The protein/caffeine/BCAA combo keeps me going for a few hours.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    yossale3 wrote: »
    well i eat 2-3 madjul dates with my cofee , an hour before my running.
    think of the other definition of date. ;)
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    My favorite workouts are on Saturday after Waffles. :smile:
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I usually eat a banana about 30 minutes before a workout.
  • Erikljungdahl
    Erikljungdahl Posts: 6
    I tried something new a couple of weeks ago i've been doing ever since, 1100 kcals mixed ~ 160 Carbs 65 protein and 20-25 grams of fat, Then i let that sit for 2-4 hours, When i get to the gym i just explode with energy and can workout with high intensity for 1 ½ hours :smile:
    I't might seem like overkill but obviously its food for 2-4 hours + workout
  • alazio
    alazio Posts: 44 Member
    Coffee. And (if it's going to be a huge workout...like a 600+ calorie burning crazy run or workout)...a snickers bar :-)
  • jillleifer
    jillleifer Posts: 3
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I usually eat a banana about 30 minutes before a workout.

  • jillleifer
    jillleifer Posts: 3
    I have a plain rice cake with a tbsp of almond butter with half of banana. This really gives me a good burst of energy for lifting.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    alazio wrote: »
    Coffee. And (if it's going to be a huge workout...like a 600+ calorie burning crazy run or workout)...a snickers bar :-)
    You're not you when you're hungry.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Nothing.
  • rejectuf
    rejectuf Posts: 487 Member
    Basilin wrote: »
    rejectuf wrote: »
    I don't like solid food before a workout. I'll do a drink consisting of BCAAs, arginine, beta alanine, creatine, and caffeine. Helps me stay focused, energetic, and prevents too much muscle fatigue.

    What is the drink? Sounds like a good plan.

    I use Xtend brand BCAA's, which are flavored, as the base. Really just use whatever flavored BCAA mix you find, they're mostly all the same. Then I just measure out the other powders. Cheaper than a premixed preworkout and I know I'm getting effective doses of each supplement.

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