Work out before or after dinner?

reesegrace1
reesegrace1 Posts: 66 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
For you 1st shift workers who workout in the evening, do you workout before dinner or after? I get home from work at 4. I plan on cooking & eating dinner (a light dinner) then an hour or so later do my weight training & strength training. The cardio, i will do in the mornings before work.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I go to the gym after work before I go home...if I'm home, I'm home...and after dinner is my put the kids to bed and chill time.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I personally hate working out after dinner, so if I'm not exercising in the morning I will do it before dinner.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    My motivation is better before dinner but I'm better fueled after dinner, so usually after.
  • Cant_think_of_a_username
    Cant_think_of_a_username Posts: 99 Member
    edited February 2019
    I usually get in from work at about 17:00 - bulk prepped meals for the week mean I am able to zap and eat dinner by about 17:30 and I work out at about 20:00 once it's had some digesting time. Then I'm back in for some greek yogurt and a protein shake and some chill out time before bed.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    My gym class is 7-8:30, so I tend to have two dinners. One that is around 330-430 and a second at 930ish once I am home and showered.
  • TexasTallchick
    TexasTallchick Posts: 140 Member
    I find that when I exercise before dinner, I eat less because I’m just not as hungry.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I tend to eat about 1500-2000 calories for dinner so when I strength train I perform much better without a loaded stomach.

    Not to mention there would be some wasted energy used for digestion that would effect my training also.
  • GummiMundi
    GummiMundi Posts: 396 Member
    For me, always before dinner, because after dinner is chill out time. But I guess that's a personal preference, you do what works best for you. :)
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