Is there any harm if you don't eat anything before swimming at 5am, 6am (though I suppose that's what most early swimmers do)?
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At 5am before a 6am swim I have a large cup of tea with two spoons of sugar (the only hot drink of the day I take with sugar) This I believe helps to wake me up and get my brain working...
I am not sure that there is consensus around pre training food and studies show a mixed results from both complex and simple carbs pre workout. It does depend on the type of workout as low intensity will burn predominantly fat and high intensity glycogen... You can consume sugars during the workout as the body will metabolise without the unwanted insulin reaction.
Of course post heavy exercise good to initially load with some simple carbs (high GI) I eat bread sandwiches with peanut butter and marmite - then after that a protein shake! :bump:
At 5am before a 6am swim I have a large cup of tea with two spoons of sugar (the only hot drink of the day I take with sugar) This I believe helps to wake me up and get my brain working...
I am not sure that there is consensus around pre training food and studies show a mixed results from both complex and simple carbs pre workout. It does depend on the type of workout as low intensity will burn predominantly fat and high intensity glycogen... You can consume sugars during the workout as the body will metabolise without the unwanted insulin reaction.
Of course post heavy exercise good to initially load with some simple carbs (high GI) I eat bread sandwiches with peanut butter and marmite - then after that a protein shake! :bump:
