Eat or not before swimming in Early Morning?

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Former Member
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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  • Herb's reply reminds me of a question that sometimes occurs to me. Even though many people swim and do exercise in early morning, I wonder if it is really good to do intensive physical exercises right after you just got up from a long night's complete rest? I mean, from the most restful 8 hours or so, to suddenly engaging the most intensive physical activities? :rolleyes: Personally, I love it. I'm a morning person so a good, early morning workout is perfect for me. Late night ones give me migraines the next day lately. I swim at 4:45am. I get up at 4:10, go straight in to the bathroom to go, eat a banana, get dressed, brush my teeth and then I head out the door. I'm at the pool by 4:35, stretch and in the water with my team by 4:45. I don't think I could make it through such an intensive workout without a banana. I did once go to a later, on my own workout and had forgotten to eat and I crashed hard!
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  • Herb's reply reminds me of a question that sometimes occurs to me. Even though many people swim and do exercise in early morning, I wonder if it is really good to do intensive physical exercises right after you just got up from a long night's complete rest? I mean, from the most restful 8 hours or so, to suddenly engaging the most intensive physical activities? :rolleyes: Personally, I love it. I'm a morning person so a good, early morning workout is perfect for me. Late night ones give me migraines the next day lately. I swim at 4:45am. I get up at 4:10, go straight in to the bathroom to go, eat a banana, get dressed, brush my teeth and then I head out the door. I'm at the pool by 4:35, stretch and in the water with my team by 4:45. I don't think I could make it through such an intensive workout without a banana. I did once go to a later, on my own workout and had forgotten to eat and I crashed hard!
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