Eat BEFORE or AFTER your workout?

EmmaleeLegler
EmmaleeLegler Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I’ve read conflicting articles about the benefits of eating your meals before or after your workout. Any advice?

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Eat whenever it works best for you in terms of satiety and workout performance. The rest is majoring in the minors for 99.9% of people.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Either, neither or both.

    Unless I'm going hard for 2 hours plus my exercise just fits in my normal eating schedule.
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    Jeff Nippard made this the subject of this week's myth bust monday (specifically fasted cardio vs non-fasted cardio and its impact on fat burn). It doesn't seem to make a difference.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEbWdoceH-A
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    James Krieger wrote a good research review on fasted cardio also: https://weightology.net/fasted-cardio-an-undeserved-good-reputation/

    And Alan Aragon made a very helpful infographic regarding meal/nutrient timing:

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  • slider728
    slider728 Posts: 1,494 Member
    My personal trainer has me on a fairly low carb, high fat, high protein regimen. On training days (lifting) I opt to eat about half my carbs about 1 hour before training. It goes much better when I do that.

    On cardio days? Meh, I usually eat when I want to, either before or after
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I eat before, during and after. Covers all the bases ;) But in the end, as mentioned above, whatever works for you.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited February 2018
    It doesn't matter....

    ETA: sometimes I eat before...sometimes I ride fasted...sometimes I eat during...
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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    imfornd wrote: »
    and hour before light - protein - and immediately after - protein, and then and hour later a full meal

    No man. None of that matters for all but a very small % of people.

    OP, take a look at the AnvilHead's chart from James Krieger above. That says it all and helps to sort out the practical application from the Broscience. Bottom line, do what you like and what you feel gives you the best workout performance.

    For the vast majority of people, nutritional timing is majoring in the minors.
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  • YogiJear
    YogiJear Posts: 118 Member
    Not super important. I workout in the morning and break my fast afterwards so I have my meal after my workout but if I sleep in and workout later, I'm not gonna sweat that I have meals before and after workout.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    I generally prefer after, but that's me. There's no "right" answer here unless you're in the 1% of elite athletes/competitors.
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,368 Member
    EmmaleeLegler wrote: »
    I’ve read conflicting articles about the benefits of eating your meals before or after your workout. Any advice?

    After!!

    You'll get a stitch / sicky feeling in throat, IF doing High intensity cardio
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  • Johncfields
    Johncfields Posts: 15 Member
    I usually wake to coffee , and about 40 minutes before workout I have oatmeal and a whey protein shake. I’m trying to bulk so immediately after workout I have my eggs and another protein shake zbqo5qit8fsn.png

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