Working out before breakfast? Working out twice a day?

Personally I prefer to run on an empty stomach and probably log about 30km per week running before breakfast (if you've been eating sensibly you have ample glycogen stores for a pre-breakfast run as long as you're not planning on a marathon) and some recent studied have suggested that it may be beneficial from a weight loss perspective (when you look at the underlying data the real difference is minuscule).

For my longer Sunday runs I'll always eat something and then wait a couple of hours before heading out the door.

Another thing to keep in mind when determining your exercise intensity is that staying in the so-called "fat burning" will yield poorer results that aiming for the cardio or training zone.While it's true you burn a higher proportion of calories from fat at the lower intensity the bottom line is that you burn a lot fewer calories overall (and you're still burning calories from fat).

How was working out twice a day been going for you? I am going to start te 30 min in the morning/30 min after work routine tomorrow and curious how it has worked out for you.

I seem to feel better and lose more weight when I do cardio in the morning - but my work schedule doesnt give me too much time in the morning....but I figure 30 min is better than nothing!

Nothing wrong with a morning workout. If that works for your schedule do it! It's nice to get it done first thing.

I workout twice a day on the weekends (or TWO exercise sessions back to back). It's brutal, but worth it.

I've been doing 2 a days for the last couple weeks and according to my fitbit, I've been burning way more calories. I usually do 30 day shred before breakfast, eat a green smoothie and then go do my cardio afterwards. It's working for me

Im never up early enough to work out before breakfast lol, not a morning person, but I do tend to do something like a run around 10 ish and then in the afternoon I do some more exercise like ride my horses so not doing two gym type sessions or two runs but I am exercising twice a day

I EAT BREAKFAST THEN EXERCISE


sometimes i work out 2x a day!

I work out first thing in the morning, before 7am although a bit later at weekends. It's the only time I can fit it in, as once the family wakes up and the breakfast/schoolrun/work/home/dinner/bath/bed/COLLAPSE routine of the day begins there's no hope!

So I work out early, then have either a bowl of porridge (made with almond milk) with berries and honey, or natural yoghurt with berries and handful of granola. On the rare occasions when I have eaten first, I have felt very sluggish and found the workout much harder going. I don't know about what's more effective in terms of weight loss, I just know it's what works for me.

With regards to working out twice a day, it's an occasional thing for me, and I've only ever added a second workout in when I've felt really energised and like I WANT to do more. There's no point overworking yourself and wearing yourself out. In the long run it's just going to be counterproductive.

Hi JC. I joined a gym 8 years ago and have been going to 6am classes about 4 times a week ever since. It works best for me because there are no excuses. When the alarm goes off, I hit snooze once and then I throw on my clothes and drive to the gym. The key for me is to have everything ready the night before. Everything. That means my gym clothes have to be out, my bag with my cosmetics and work clothes has to be packed, as does my breakfast, lunch and snacks . I work out on an empty stomach because if I have anything in it I might puke from the exertion. (spin classes) There have been times though when I have felt nauseous because I need to eat, and if that happens I have a bit of my smoothie that I take with me, or part of a banana. As far as working out twice a day, well, there are other things to do in life.If something comes up like going for a walk or a bike ride, or going dancing or whatever, I'll do that, but otherwise, why go back to the gym. I'd get sick of it and besides, I don't really want to have another shower and have to do my makeup all over again. Really though, find out what works best for you. One thing I can tell you is that I never get up joyfully to go to the gym. 5:30 feels way too early every single morning, so it comes down to self discipline. But it gets better as soon as you're out of bed and I love that when I get there I see the same other crazy morning people I've come to know over the years. And, I feel great all day.

I mainly don't eat anything about hour before workout, because then it's easier and healthier to exercise. I also don't eat anything hour after workout - you know - then your body continues to burn fat. That's why I often eat breakfast at work.