What's your pre workout meal and snack?

Shouliveshappy
Shouliveshappy Posts: 161 Member
edited August 2015 in Food and Nutrition
What's your pre workout meal and snack?
Mine is usually the following:
2hrs before: Yoghurt and nuts or protein bar
30mins before: Tuna or protein bar or a fruit

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Don't have any. I don't think they're necessary at all unless you're a bodybuilder or an athlete... I just eat when I'm hungry.
  • LiveLoveLift48
    LiveLoveLift48 Posts: 379 Member
    I usually eat a PB sandwich or a banana with PB on it. I workout at 5am so i am not really hungry that early for much else. Sometimes a protein bar
  • Ironmaiden4life
    Ironmaiden4life Posts: 422 Member
    Protein shake made with almond milk & Quaker pop chips pre workout. Post work varies from the same as my pre workout to chicken with veggies, depends on my day.
  • jadowns
    jadowns Posts: 167 Member
    I practice yoga and run. I never eat before either of these things because I do them first thing in the morning after I wake up... However, if I worked out in the evening I would not eat anything 2 hours prior the work out... But 2 hours prior I would have pickles, cucumbers and cheese, or walnuts and an apple. Protein and carb whole food combos.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Nothing or anything
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    Lunch 3 - 4 hours before.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Usually some candy right before or during my lifting session
  • Soundwave79
    Soundwave79 Posts: 469 Member
    Depends on the day. If it's a weight lifting day I'll eat some cheese and crackers or a banana just to give me some carbs to burn and keep my energy up. On Cardio days I have Krav Maga classes in the evening so I switch up my eating schedule on those days. I cannot do that class with a heavy belly (learned the hard way) so I eat alot earlier in those days and just do a nutritional shake a couple of hours before class.
  • TnTWalter
    TnTWalter Posts: 345 Member
    whatever I ate for breakfast. I do enjoy a post workout smoothie. Just because it's so yummy and I'm hungry after working out...
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Grilled chicken breast and Lucky Charms.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Don't have any. I don't think they're necessary at all unless you're a bodybuilder or an athlete... I just eat when I'm hungry.

    Ditto. I try to eat a normal meal that is a good mix of carbs and protein about 2 hours before my workouts.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    I've been swimming and doing water aerobics in the morning before I eat anything. I don't think you really need a pre-workout meal with the level of exercise I'm getting, unless you really are undereating for the rest of the day.
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    I usually take a scoop of protein, what's left of the morning coffee and some ice. Shake it up...great tasty little pick me up.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    for most workouts, I don't find anything out of the ordinary to be necessary. I usually have an afternoon snack around 4:30 or so and I hit the gym on the way home a couple days per week at around 5:45-6:00. I have my snack regardless of whether I'm going to the gym or not.

    I do a lot of my cycling during my lunch break plus my extra 30 minutes of physical fitness leave...I don't eat anything except breakfast usually in the morning and then I have lunch at my desk when I get back from my ride.
  • guess_whox
    guess_whox Posts: 16 Member
    generally it tends to be a quest protein bar.

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