I think there was a similar thread on this recently. Either that or I tend to blabber on regardless of the thread topic.
I only have a cup of coffee before a 445-615am workout, and never feel hungry until about 7:30am or so. I don't feel like the system can digest anything at that hour anyway, and I don't want it coming up during practice.
If I eat anything other than half of a banana just prior to my weekday 6:00 AM workouts (I get up at 5:15) I feel sick. If I eat before I swim (for example, whole-grain cereal w/milk and fruit), I usually wait 2 hours before hitting the pool. Two hours seems to be my threshold.
After my workout, I consume a protein shake within 45 minutes while still in the gym. I then consume the other half of my banana that is waiting for me in the car, followed by granola bars at work. This weekday routine seems to be working for me. I feel great and am steadily improving in my workouts.
I eat nothing. Drink a Gatorade or water during my workout. Eat bowl of cereal when I get to work followed by a mid-morning protein bar.
Exactly the same here, weird.
I would like know what science says :) . Science is great for what works on average or in most cases, but you should do what works for you. For me, it's a high fat yogurt (Brown Cow cream top!) with fruit in it (to make me believe there's something healthy happening) and 1 or 2 shots of espresso. Works wonders most times. Sometimes, 3 shots of espresso have been required.:anim_coffee:
-Swimming immediately or too soon after eating is not good
Are you sure about that? Always seemed like an old wives tale to me. If eating immediately before swimming doesn't bother you then I see no reason not to.
Are you asking for medical advice? :angel:
I am not going to answer your question, sorry, but I do believe I have read, and it makes sense, that you do want to consume something before workout. This is not to prevent harm, but provide more energy for the workout.
You are in a fasted state, so your circulating blood sugar is fairly low, especially when you could have cake for breakfast. In an ideal situation, fat can provide you with 480 calories/hour, and then the rest has to be in your liver and muscles already. If you assume a very hard workout burns 1200 calories/hour, a long hard workout might be a problem if you don't eat first, and I don't think you achieve max fat burn rate as easy as hopping into warm up.
I drink orange juice pre workout now. I have been warned against this because its acidic nature, but I have an acidic nature at 4am when I am drinking it, so it happens to work for me.
Thanks, I didn't know there was an earlier thread on this. However this thread is slightly different. The previous thread simply asks what each person eats. I would like know what science says :) .
Some factors to be considered:
-Swimming immediately or too soon after eating is not good (for digestion and maybe other reasons). But I doubt anyone who gets up at 5am would wait an hour after eating to go swimming. :cool:
-If you don't eat anything, will the high intensity swim deplete your muscles (if you don't have too much fat)? I seem to have read somewhere along this line.
-One of the wikiAnswers linked by a post in that previous discussion says that even if you eat shortly before swimming, your energy would still come from what was already in your digestive system, rather than what you had just eaten. Not sure if this is so, but possible.
