Who eats before workout who doesn't and why ?

I typically exercise in the morning. If I am going to be running less than 8-9 miles, I usually won't eat anything. I feel better running on an empty stomach. If I'm going to be running more than that, I'll usually have something light, like half a slice of bread or some fruit.

I work out in the mornings, and I usually don't eat first because I'll forget until I'm almost at the gym. But if I do eat, it's something light.

I tend to skip breakfast (except coffee) to save my calories for the rest of the day. So if I work out in the morning (lifting, walking or moderate bike ride), then I don't eat before that workout. If I'm doing a long bike ride, or a race I eat a couple hours before.

I eat before (or during) a cycle ride of over two hours - otherwise both eating and exercising just fit in my day wherever suits me on that day.

Before a very long ride (4hrs +) it's predominately carbs, some protein, little fat. A big bowl of granola with milk and protein powder perhaps.

Would normally give myself half an hour or more after eating a meal though before intense exercise. But a large or fatty meal would need longer for me to digest or I get heartburn.

I've done fasted exercise in the past and it took quite a while to get used to and adapt before it felt normal.

For most exercise it's really personal preference and scheduling rather than anything else - we do carry enormous reserves of energy around with us.

I eat before and have a protein shake I make after my workout

If I'm going for a jog, I'll usually do it fasted just because it feels better to me personally. If I'm sprinting, I'll eat something light and carb-heavy (a banana or something). If I'm lifting, you better believe it's with a full stomach and plenty of all three macros.

Yes, I eat first. According to what I've read, if you are lifting weights or doing HIIT, it's great to make sure you get a good helping of protein and some carbs to fuel that workout. Then some protein after helps recovery.

I eat a small carb-heavy snack, usually a banana, before I run. I feel sick if I don't eat anything.

I usually run an hour to two after a meal - either after breakfast or after lunch. How long I wait depends on how hard a run I plan to do. If I run just before dinner, I'll usually eat a banana or juice before I go out.

These days, my main exercise, in the morning, is either rowing (around 90 minutes on the water) or 45-minute spin class. If I don't eat beforehand, I don't have enough energy for decent intensity, and I'd be ravenous afterward, to the point of risking eating stupidly on the way home. I keep it light(-ish).

In both cases, I have lowfat kefir, hot skim milk with vanilla, and peanut butter. For spin, I put the peanut butter on a 20-cal large cracker-like thing called a Coco Lite Pop Cake. For rowing, I put it on an Ezekiel pita along with some flaxseed. (From experience, the row requires more calories/nutrients).

I've experimented in the past and found I can do a reasonably vigorous 2 x 10 minutes on the rowing machine fasted, but any intense thing much longer is foolishness. Couple mile or so walk fasted is fine, too, as even at my peak pace (around 4mph), it's much lower intensity.

Fasted or not, and what to eat if you do, is going to be very individual. Experiment. You want to be able to do a solid workout, but not have digestive distress. I tend to be a cast iron peasant when it comes to digestive issues, so it's mainly about feeling energetic, but not weighed down.

I like fasted but since I am getting all of my calories at night it becomes a bit dangerous. I go work out after work when I have only had about 400 calories for lunch and after a workout I'm never hungry. So I'm having to make myself eat 1000 calories. I may need to schedule differently.

My blood glucose gets down into the 70s if I don't have 15g or so carbs first. I usually have 1/2 banana and a small glass of milk. If I work out hard for more than half an hour to an hour, I eat a roll of smarties.

It's not true that eating before a workout prevents weight loss. If so I would not have lost 98 lbs.

I don't before a morning run or light technical session with my trainer. For everything else I eat maybe 2 hours beforehand.

I eat before a workout, because if I dont I get light headed and feel unwell. Depends on the person I know many can handle fasted workouts.