Hi -
I'm going to my first practice tonight -- my first organized swim practice since before I was in High School -- and I have what may be a stupid question.
The practice is at 8:30 pm and ends at 10 pm. I obviously need to eat dinner beforehand, but when and how much? Does anyone have any pre-practice meal advice for me?
Josh
In my experience, to avoid discomfort a light meal needs to be consumed at least 2 hours before a workout and a full meal about 4+ hours before a workout.
When I was going to Friday evening (7 pm) workouts, I used to eat a small dinner with foucs on things like whole grains fruit about 5pm. I tried to avoid meats, fats and spices. Burger any time close to practice = bad idea.
If I were going to work out regularly in the evenings, I think that I would try to shift my schedule so that I had my "big" meal around noon.
In my experience, to avoid discomfort a light meal needs to be consumed at least 2 hours before a workout and a full meal about 4+ hours before a workout.
When I was going to Friday evening (7 pm) workouts, I used to eat a small dinner with foucs on things like whole grains fruit about 5pm. I tried to avoid meats, fats and spices. Burger any time close to practice = bad idea.
If I were going to work out regularly in the evenings, I think that I would try to shift my schedule so that I had my "big" meal around noon.
