Hi:)
I'm just wondering does it matter to eat dinner before or after swimming? I used to swimming after dinner, but recently I can't arrange my timetable well so I have to swim before dinner(swim 4~5pm and eat at 6~7pm). Will it waste my effort if I have my swim plan like this, that is, gaining weights or something...
I heard if you swim before the dinner your body will consume the food very well and then put on some weights. If this is the case, the weight is muscle or fat?
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I swim at random times, so I just make sure that I have ingested SOMETHING relatively close to when I plan to work out, usually an hour or two, and even if it is just Chai Tea with milk. After my workouts, I try to get something nutritous in my system ASAP. And if I was OW'ing in 62 degree water, I try to make that something hot and nutritous. I do not think eating your biggest meal after a workout to be a bad thing. In fact, I would think that if you were going to eat a notably larger meal that it be done after a workout as your body is seeking out nutrients and calories to begin the repair process. IMO, it would be less likely to be stored as fat then...
I swim at random times, so I just make sure that I have ingested SOMETHING relatively close to when I plan to work out, usually an hour or two, and even if it is just Chai Tea with milk. After my workouts, I try to get something nutritous in my system ASAP. And if I was OW'ing in 62 degree water, I try to make that something hot and nutritous. I do not think eating your biggest meal after a workout to be a bad thing. In fact, I would think that if you were going to eat a notably larger meal that it be done after a workout as your body is seeking out nutrients and calories to begin the repair process. IMO, it would be less likely to be stored as fat then...
