Should women eat after a workout?
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What does gender have to do with this at all?2
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deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
Oh, you must be from Planet Fitness.
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deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
Oh, you must be from Planet Fitness.
No, no...I actually bring my own bagels.6 -
If you are endurance training (triathlon, long distance cycling, long distance running), then you should eat 30-60 minutes after a workout (mix of protein and carbs) for most effective glycogen replacement. I read this in The Women's Guide to Triathlon (authored by USA Triathlon) and a few web articles on endurance training.
For calorie burn, though, I don't think it matters.1 -
I'm usually starving after a workout so I plan my workout to coincide with a meal.0
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I eat before and after...doesn't matter a lick for weight loss.0
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gabriel270290 wrote: »sarabushby wrote: »Depending if your goals are weight loss driven or performance driven people may give different answers but for me, training for speed & endurance it's critical to time my nutrition right - before working out have some carbs to fuel the workout, during the workout I have more carbs to fuel my training abs prevent 'hitting the wall', then afterwards it's important to eat protein for muscle repair and carbs for ATP syntheses (to give your cells energy to go again tomorrow!).
If I did not eat after a workout it would certainly impair my recovery and my ability to train hard again the next day.
I watch my calories & macros overall throughout the day to ensure I am not overeating which would cause weight gain and to make sure I plan my meals to suit my training.
Sara explained it perfectly. As long as you are keeping your cals on point, timing your meals depends exclusively in your goals or the type of training you're doing. Don't loose focus on the main objective, if the goal is to loose weight it is well know that if you train parcially depleted of carbs (fasted) you will enhance fat loss, but that's a science apart and each one of us responds differently.
When i tried to do fasted excersise i felt like i was going to be sick and very light headed1 -
If a woman is hungry she should eat4
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nutmegoreo wrote: »http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2016/01/22/eat-before-exercise.aspxnutmegoreo wrote: »I don't understand how this is a gender thing. If someone could explain how digestion/consumption work post-exercise differently between men and women, that would be awesome thanks. I'm just trying to figure out where this "information" could have possibly found any roots.
OP, eat if you're hungry and it doesn't make you ill. Meal timing is rarely relevant for the average person. IIRC, in the case of elite athletes, that could be different.
This was the ppst i read
Thanks. I'll look at it a bit closer, when I get a chance later. At first glance there are two things that make me question the validity of this particular opinion piece. First, the author doesn't have a particularly squeaky clean name to him:
https://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html
Second, the sales pitch to his book at the bottom of the page is another clue that he's just there to over-complicate things so that more people are convinced that they need his books to lose weight.
You can pretty much ignore anything with his name associated with it1 -
deputy_randolph wrote: »deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
Oh, you must be from Planet Fitness.
No, no...I actually bring my own bagels.
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According to studies men should workout BEFORE eating and women should workout AFTER eating.
(dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3388628/Men-exercise-eating-women-burn-fat-scientists-reveal.html )<<<<I know that's posted on DM and they're generally rubbish when it comes to facts but they're talking about studies done on a show called "Trust me Im a Doctor" which I watched and it was all very in depth all the science behind it so I would believe the results. On the same show they also proved that drinking protein shakes after a workout didn't really have any impact on muscle development if you were a "casual" weightlifter...so not someone who does it routinely to build muscle on top of muscle.0 -
xmissxamyx wrote: »...I know that's posted on DM and they're generally rubbish when it comes to facts but they're talking about studies done on a show called "Trust me Im a Doctor" which I watched and it was all very in depth all the science behind it so I would believe the results...
Is that anything like the Dr. Oz show?
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Is that anything like the Dr. Oz show?
Good god no!
It was a show with actual doctors on it and they tested a lot of "wellness myths" to see if there was any truth to them basically. It had Dr. Michael Mosley on it, his the guy who "invented" the 5:2 diet and Chris van Tulleken is another of the doctors him and his twin brother Alexander have done quite a few programs like this. The people in it are quite well known in the UK and Australia.
I'd recommend checking it out I learnt a lot from it and also that there are a lot of damn scams in the health industry!2 -
xmissxamyx wrote: »...I know that's posted on DM and they're generally rubbish when it comes to facts but they're talking about studies done on a show called "Trust me Im a Doctor" which I watched and it was all very in depth all the science behind it so I would believe the results...
Is that anything like the Dr. Oz show?
Ugghh nothing like Dr Oz!! "Trust me I'm a doctor" also outs the diet scams and supplements that flood the market these days, so yeah, the polar opposite to Oz.0 -
I think it is mainly down to preference. I tend to eat about half an hour to an hour after my workouts, because it fits so nicely in my life schedule that way. No other reason0
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I try to have a protein shake, to get through to food time. I honestly wouldn't be able to not ingest something.. I am famished when done. Eat when hungry!
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what does a vagina have to do with this subject?5
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It depends on your goals. If you are someone who is looking to perform (i.e. You want to run a faster time, lift heavier, essentially improve your performance and athleticism in any way regardless of if you are focusing on cardio or strength training) you NEED to replenish your body's natural stores with fast digesting protein and carbs immediately post workout-30 min (I use whey isolate and with country time lemonade during my training sessions). If you are simply exercising to for the sake of "calories out" or "cardio for fat loss" only eat after if it is a planned meal. Still would be smart to plan a fast digesting protein (like whey isolate) meal right after a workout in order to help your body recover and combat fatigue/sore muscles etc. Meal timing DOES have its uses but calories in vs calories out is about 60% of the big picture, macronutrient composition is about 20% macro nutrient timing vs workout timing (for performance purposes) is about 10% and the last 10% is little things like supplementation. Focus on the calories in vs calories out and then address the more complicated pieces of the puzzle as needed based on performance goals. There is no use stressing over macros and meal timing if your goal is not to be a bodybuilder/get a PR lift/PR time/etc.0
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CrystalRoseMeow wrote: »It depends on your goals. If you are someone who is looking to perform (i.e. You want to run a faster time, lift heavier, essentially improve your performance and athleticism in any way regardless of if you are focusing on cardio or strength training) you NEED to replenish your body's natural stores with fast digesting protein and carbs immediately post workout-30 min (I use whey isolate and with country time lemonade during my training sessions). If you are simply exercising to for the sake of "calories out" or "cardio for fat loss" only eat after if it is a planned meal. Still would be smart to plan a fast digesting protein (like whey isolate) meal right after a workout in order to help your body recover and combat fatigue/sore muscles etc. Meal timing DOES have its uses but calories in vs calories out is about 60% of the big picture, macronutrient composition is about 20% macro nutrient timing vs workout timing (for performance purposes) is about 10% and the last 10% is little things like supplementation. Focus on the calories in vs calories out and then address the more complicated pieces of the puzzle as needed based on performance goals. There is no use stressing over macros and meal timing if your goal is not to be a bodybuilder/get a PR lift/PR time/etc.
Not true unless you are an elite athlete training for a specific sport.
I'm trying to remember who has the chart that shows levels of importance... @ninerbuff, was it you?1 -
Im getting mixed advice. Some say no eating for 90 minutes to 3 hours after a workout for maximum fat burn. Others say right after is best. Any advice ? Also i workout in the afternoon or evening. Ive always eaten something before regardless. I sometimes do cardio in the evening also so i can eat a bed time snack if im done my calories...
If I was hungry, I would eat. I don't really pay any attention to when others think I should eat.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »CrystalRoseMeow wrote: »It depends on your goals. If you are someone who is looking to perform (i.e. You want to run a faster time, lift heavier, essentially improve your performance and athleticism in any way regardless of if you are focusing on cardio or strength training) you NEED to replenish your body's natural stores with fast digesting protein and carbs immediately post workout-30 min (I use whey isolate and with country time lemonade during my training sessions). If you are simply exercising to for the sake of "calories out" or "cardio for fat loss" only eat after if it is a planned meal. Still would be smart to plan a fast digesting protein (like whey isolate) meal right after a workout in order to help your body recover and combat fatigue/sore muscles etc. Meal timing DOES have its uses but calories in vs calories out is about 60% of the big picture, macronutrient composition is about 20% macro nutrient timing vs workout timing (for performance purposes) is about 10% and the last 10% is little things like supplementation. Focus on the calories in vs calories out and then address the more complicated pieces of the puzzle as needed based on performance goals. There is no use stressing over macros and meal timing if your goal is not to be a bodybuilder/get a PR lift/PR time/etc.
Not true unless you are an elite athlete training for a specific sport.
I'm trying to remember who has the chart that shows levels of importance... @ninerbuff, was it you?
Oh. Hey. I found it!
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I like how sup's are the very top and tinest.
Almost everyone I know uses supplements.
it makes me eye roll so hard- drink some god damn coffee and get back to work.1 -
deputy_randolph wrote: »deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
Oh, you must be from Planet Fitness.
No, no...I actually bring my own bagels.
A few months ago some dudes at my gym were snacking away on a box of Thin Mints between DL sets. I loved it! I wanted to be their friends, but didn't think I was cool enough.2 -
I like how sup's are the very top and tinest.
Almost everyone I know uses supplements.
it makes me eye roll so hard- drink some god damn coffee and get back to work.
Right?!? I did PWO this morning (usually don't) because I slept terribly and had to be at the gym at 5:00. I didn't like it, and now I am totally crashing at work.0 -
Eat when you want to eat. Unless you're a professional or an Olympian it makes zero difference. You'd have to do everything perfectly for it to matter. The only people who do are the people who are following the advice of personalized diet and exercise science like those I mentioned before.0
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deputy_randolph wrote: »deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
Oh, you must be from Planet Fitness.
No, no...I actually bring my own bagels.
A few months ago some dudes at my gym were snacking away on a box of Thin Mints between DL sets. I loved it! I wanted to be their friends, but didn't think I was cool enough.
I eat cake bites when I need food.
Or sour patch kids. But gummy bears/sour patch kids are the lifters snack of choice at my gym- so it's not really special.quiksylver296 wrote: »I like how sup's are the very top and tinest.
Almost everyone I know uses supplements.
it makes me eye roll so hard- drink some god damn coffee and get back to work.
Right?!? I did PWO this morning (usually don't) because I slept terribly and had to be at the gym at 5:00. I didn't like it, and now I am totally crashing at work.
I'm hyper enough- people are like "you took too much preworkout" - I'm like- um- I didn't take anything- I just... super pumped about being here. - I can't imagine what that would do to me. Besides make me itch like ants.3 -
deputy_randolph wrote: »deputy_randolph wrote: »I eat before, during, after...all the bagels.
Oh, you must be from Planet Fitness.
No, no...I actually bring my own bagels.
A few months ago some dudes at my gym were snacking away on a box of Thin Mints between DL sets. I loved it! I wanted to be their friends, but didn't think I was cool enough.
I eat cake bites when I need food.
Or sour patch kids. But gummy bears/sour patch kids are the lifters snack of choice at my gym- so it's not really special.quiksylver296 wrote: »I like how sup's are the very top and tinest.
Almost everyone I know uses supplements.
it makes me eye roll so hard- drink some god damn coffee and get back to work.
Right?!? I did PWO this morning (usually don't) because I slept terribly and had to be at the gym at 5:00. I didn't like it, and now I am totally crashing at work.
I'm hyper enough- people are like "you took too much preworkout" - I'm like- um- I didn't take anything- I just... super pumped about being here. - I can't imagine what that would do to me. Besides make me itch like ants.
The ON cake bites? So good.0
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