Article: Eating For Exercise: The 5 Worst Ways to Fuel Up Pre-Workout

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1. Nobody is chuggling a glassful of raw eggs before a workout. Ok, there is one guy, but since he gets his advice from ancient movie training montages, he's not reading Men's Health.

2. Cupcakes = PRs. Fact.
 
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KrisL said:
1. Nobody is chuggling a glassful of raw eggs before a workout. Ok, there is one guy, but since he gets his advice from ancient movie training montages, he's not reading Men's Health.

2. Cupcakes = PRs. Fact.
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Sylvester Stallone is probably in better shape than 95% of the guys in any given gym - even if he is 3 times their age. And its not that I'm saying raw eggs are good, its just that most guys are into fads, not hard, smart training.
 
Huh, I eat poptarts an hour before workout with a brotein shake and I'm nailin prs and never crash.. So...
 
I train fasted every morning and my workouts never feel like hell. In fact I've set plenty of PRs on an empty stomach.
 
I normally train fasted in the morning but I have experimented with bcaa pre and peri. I still use bcaa peri. Today I had a banana and a tbsp of pb and I had a great workout.
 
MCT and BCAA's, if the stomach can handle them together, is the best scientifically supported pre-workout. It gives immediate energy, reserves glycogen for later use, and avoids muscle catabolism via the BCAA's all without effecting blood sugar negatively.

Eating tons of carbs throughout the day (or the evening before) has a big impact as well. It's hard to gauge ur preworkout effectiveness based on strength alone. I always monitor stamina and of course how difficult or easy it is to hit my "baseline reps" but not necessarily my 1RM, since I rarely approach that figure.

Case in point, I can always bench 225 at least 8 times for one set regardless of pre-workout. A good pre-workout I can do as many as 12-13 reps.
 
fueledpassion said:
MCT and BCAA's, if the stomach can handle them together, is the best scientifically supported pre-workout. It gives immediate energy, reserves glycogen for later use, and avoids muscle catabolism via the BCAA's all without effecting blood sugar negatively.

Eating tons of carbs throughout the day (or the evening before) has a big impact as well. It's hard to gauge ur preworkout effectiveness based on strength alone. I always monitor stamina and of course how difficult or easy it is to hit my "baseline reps" but not necessarily my 1RM, since I rarely approach that figure.

Case in point, I can always bench 225 at least 8 times for one set regardless of pre-workout. A good pre-workout I can do as many as 12-13 reps.
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Would mct and bcaa be good if goal of workout is burning fat though? I would assume to drop the mct and just use bcaa

I always have 30-60g coconut oil with my last Mel of the day, which is usually 2-3 hours before bed
 
chedapalooza said:
Would mct and bcaa be good if goal of workout is burning fat though? I would assume to drop the mct and just use bcaa

I always have 30-60g coconut oil with my last Mel of the day, which is usually 2-3 hours before bed
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Depends. If ur just tryin to burn fat, cutting carbs out throughout the day and doing fasted cardio, or cardio period, will do the trick.

As far as weight-lifting is concerned, this is an indirect way to burn fat. U build more muscle and require energy in the recovery process, which in turn increases expenditures which could lead to fat burning if ur keeping a positive nitrogen balance.

So with that in mind, I always try to ensure the best workout possible for best results. Going in with too few calories can hurt the workout and cause less muscular adaptation.
 
Always see someone knocking the energy drinks due to sugar, yet there's a plethora of great ones that are sugar free. Rockstar and Monster are my go to choices. Ultra Red for Monster or Mango Orange Passion fruit for Rockstar.
 
Up to four hours to digest a fatty meal? Is that really how the digestive tract works or is it much more complex than that, and complete "digestion" takes as long as 24 hours?

Furthermore, the sympathetic nervous system overrides the digestive system in periods of high exertion, pushing necessary blood to regions where it's required.

Some people just write to write. Misinformation is fun.
 
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