What’s Your Post-Nutrition Workout Waiting Time ????

So how long after your previous meal or pre workout nutrition should you wait before you get into action??

Too soon and you run the chance of throwing up... plus the food is still in your gut and hasn't been assimilated for energy.

Wait too long and you lose the benefit of having the additional nutrients in your system powering you up for the session...sooooo... what is the golden period??

THE GUIDELINES –

Arriving at a number that is conveniently suitable for everyone is like coming up with size X garments that fit the whole population. Nonetheless, starting a thread without quoting a number when the title clearly suggests otherwise would be pointless. So here’s a recommendation for what works for most of the people.

For SOLID FOOD as in a meal (breakfast /lunch/dinner) waiting period is 2-3 hrs;

For LIQUID like a whey shake/ energy drink/ caffeinated beverages you can start kicking butt after 30 min.

A lot of this stuff is a mix of actual science and bro science; it's what theory suggests based on different digestion times for different macros plus what experience has dictated. Any study done in this regard would never be universal; once the demography of population changes, a lot of variables will be affected, most of all diet (and thereby the macros). The recommendations put forward are based on the pre workout meal composed of 50:50 (protein: carb) or 50:40:30 (protein: carb: fat)

Some of these variables are
• age
• gender
• bmr
• individual rate of digestion / assimilation dictated by genetics
• food preferences ( macros- protein takes longest to digest >carbs>fat )
• dietary fiber
• a hundred other things

This is what works for most of the people in most of the situations most of the times.... you can always hit and try to get that sweet spot!!

Let us know about your waiting period in the comments below