Eating before swimming

Former Member
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I just wanted to know what you eat before your swim practices or meets whether it be early in the morning or evening. Thanks
  • Former Member
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    Small bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats and coffee at 5:00 am and swim at 5:30. Never a problem for me. Before an event, same thing, but only one cup of coffee (cuts down trips to the restroom) and sips of H2O and sport drink untill the start time.
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    tea no sugar just milk...three quarters of an hour before swimming mornings..maybe a bananna to prevent charlie horse cramps too... some tuna salad an hour or more day/evenings...also a banana for same reason massive egg,bacon sausage mushrooms tomato fry up after the morning swim,really hungry then
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    an hour or more before the swim......i meant to type!!!!
  • Former Member
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    Coffee. Lots of it. With some milk of course. I find it very uncomfortable to swim on a fuller stomach. I figure that I've got the whole day to fuel up back on land.
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    Some folks show up at the pool at 6 AM without eating anything - one person sometimes brings some coffee that she picks up at a nearby Dunkin Donuts (I think). I don't know how they do it. I can't swim on an empty stomach. I usually have some cereal with some crumbled pecans on top - I don't have any milk with it as dairy products are a no-no for me. I also have some tea - iced most of the time, but hot if it is cold out. I usually eat that around 5 AM.
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    I can't eat before I swim, at least right before I swim. I need at least and hour or two or I get cramps which hurt. :mad: I however also can not swim on an empty stomach so it's a catch 22 in the mornings at 4 am. I have found that I can drink Gatorade before I leave to have energy and not get cramps. I've had to learn what I can and can not eat over the last two years after I got some ulcers. For the most part I know what to do now but sometimes I still get cramps.
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    decaf coffee (5.15 am) and then a sports bar and some water on the drive to the pool; I usually drink watered-down Gatorade during practice... I then have a bagel when I get home, and a nice cuppa tea, too... peace...
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    I swim in the late afternoon, but prior to that I have a glass of orange juice and perhaps one of two bananas, or maybe an apple. I can't swim on an empty stomach, but anything heavier than that won't work for me either. :) Peace...
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    I try to swim around lunch time. I usually drink a cup of coffee first thing in the morning, then either a bagel with butter and jelly or some hot cereal at about 10:30. Sometimes a piece of fruit too. Anything more and I feel like a brick in the pool. After I am done with my swim (2500-3000 yards), I am very hungry.
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    Pasta - Bananas - approx 2hrs before swim
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