Not sure if this question has been done on here before, if it has then I guess this thread will die and go away and that's cool too.
Most people are saying that the fact that you have to wait 30 minutes after eating to swim is an old wive's tale and it's not true. Well me personally, I get terrible cramps if I don't wait. I was just wondering if anybody else found the tale to be true and get cramps and how many people can eat and then immediately swim with no adverse effects.
There's a typo in the poll...it's *has, not is
I read at the Johns Hopkins site in sports physiology a couple of years back that optimally the food (light amount of mainly carbos such as bananas, dried fruit, toast, etc.) should be consumed about an hour prior to heavy exercise otherwise what 330guy says will happen, does.
When I factor in 15 minutes of light warmup, I try to eat no later than 45 minutes before a hard set will begin so I eat no later than 5:15, 45 minutes before workout starts. Warmup until ~6:15 and there's my hour.
And Guvnah's comments come into play also especially for those swimming early in the morning. Your glycogen levels have been depleted while you slept and need to be replaced for optimal performance.
I read at the Johns Hopkins site in sports physiology a couple of years back that optimally the food (light amount of mainly carbos such as bananas, dried fruit, toast, etc.) should be consumed about an hour prior to heavy exercise otherwise what 330guy says will happen, does.
When I factor in 15 minutes of light warmup, I try to eat no later than 45 minutes before a hard set will begin so I eat no later than 5:15, 45 minutes before workout starts. Warmup until ~6:15 and there's my hour.
And Guvnah's comments come into play also especially for those swimming early in the morning. Your glycogen levels have been depleted while you slept and need to be replaced for optimal performance.
