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Soon I will be starting school and working and the only time I will be able to exercise is in the morning before all that. I've never exercised in the morning before and I have a few questions. When should I eat breakfast? Before or after? Should I allow a certain amount of time between eating and exercise? What do you guys do? What is healthy?
Question about exercising in the morning Post #2 (permalink)
It is best to workout with a little something in you if doing cardio and really a must if doing resistance training. If you don't have much time though you don't want to have to sit around forever waiting for something to digest correct?
Best thing you can do is have a fast acting pre-workout meal. More liquid the better like a a light cup or yogurt, protein shake with a bite of fruit, it can only be 50-100 calories but just a little something to protect your muscle during workout and give you fuel. The less calories it is the more protein it needs to be.
Then after your workout have a nice healthy breakfast/post workout meal of some protein and carbs.
Question about exercising in the morning Post #3 (permalink)
I agree with the very light breakfast. VERY light. I used to skip it and work out with just my multivitamin and calcium supplements in my stomach. If I burped, it was icky tasting. But I also read that working out without eating is okay as long as you don't burn more than 300 calories because your body will start pulling them from somewhere you don't want it to.