Eating Before Your Morning Workout - Yay or Nay?
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Eating Before Your Morning Workout – Yay or Nay?

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Eating Before Your Morning Workout – Yay or Nay?

Let’s get one thing straight – anyone who has ever experienced a growling stomach or has felt that on-the-verge-of-fainting feeling during their morning workout, knows that acing your breakfast is crucial for acing your workout. But just because you got into the healthy habit of working out early in the morning to kickstart your day, that does not necessarily mean you are guaranteed a bagel. The plan which sounded so great last night (to smash your workout before you head to the office) is oh so good, if you only had the slightest idea what to feed your belly. And if you eat anything at all as a matter of fact.

Truth be told, this time of the day is rather tricky – eat too much and you will most likely feel nauseous while working out – eat too little or nothing at all and your performance will suffer as a result of your system not having enough fuel to kickstart the day. The key to starting your day right? A mix of proteins and carbohydrates.eating in the morning

The thing with proteins is that about three hours after you have had a protein-rich meal, your body returns to having a negative protein balance. However, preventing this negative protein balance is not hard actually – all you need to do is consume protein (we recommend whey protein powder nutrition booster due to being easily digested) prior to training. After sleeping for eight hours, your body has entered the catabolic phase and the amino acids (what protein is actually broken down into) directly initiate muscle building and also help with the recovery and growth of muscles over time.

Therefore, if you plan on racing out the door in the morning without as much as even a bite, you will be training in a fasted mode. This means you will miss an opportunity to protect your sacred and painstakingly gained muscle mass from breaking down. How come you ask? Well, just like you wouldn’t set out on a trip without making sure there is enough gas in your tank, same way you should not even begin thinking about working out without having an energy-boosting snack. Your body needs a certain amount of sugar that will be its fuel when training, and if that blood sugar is not there, your body will start converting your muscle tissue into energy. Quite the bummer, right?

Bottom line is, you do not need to gorge yourself – a healthy carbohydrates plus whey protein powder nutrition booster combination will do the trick. There are many breakfast combinations to kick your workout up a notch. Just make sure to eat about 45 minutes to an hour before training for a fine energy-boost. Now focus, execute and repeat.

Stephanie Tierney
tierneystephanie1@gmail.com