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Eating Starburst during your workout

Anabolic1813

Anabolic1813

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Ok, so let me explain. First of all I'm an ex D1 football player, I've been lifting since I was 14 years old, I'm probably 14% BF, and I use 500mg of Testosterone Cypionate a week. 27 years old. Boom. Thats me.

I notice whenever I realllllly push myself on Leg training days I wind up more nauseated than I did when I use to run stadiums. I am weak, can barely stomach fluid much less a banana. So, the other day after nearly crashing my car on the way home after smashing legs I stopped at a gas station and bought a pack of Reeses. I noticed within 5-7 minutes I felt like a new man. You know, that refreshed and renewed feeling you SHOULD have post workout. So, being the self prescribing specialist I've always been I bought a sleeve of Tropical Starburst and a 32oz Blue Powerade for my next leg day workout. I absolutely destroyed the workout. I'm not even particularly sore and I went heavier than I have in months and certainly longer. I truly believe whether physiological or psychological, consuming quick sugars during a workout will change your entire lift. Today I was hitting my shoulders and I found the Starburst pack I had left on a machine two days ago. It still had about 4 pieces left in it so I ate them for the rest of the lift. I went from doing 95.lbs standing behind the neck press to 4x12 135 lbs. Hang clean front squat thrusters.....I'm not kidding, maybe its the fat kid in me, but some sugar during my workout changes everything.

Anyone else??
 
Simple carbs intra workout is a relatively standard approach I believe. Personally I like the naked bars although the higher fibre content isn’t ideal. My understanding is this is less about session performance (which would suggest the benefits your seeing are physiological - I’m the same, knowing I’ve eating something like that helps me keep going hard) and more about the effect on glycogen and amino acids.

I’ve read some interesting articles on t nation covering this - you might find these interesting

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Smont said:
How many meals have you ate by the time you hit the gym, sounds like low blood sugar
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It is 100% low blood sugar. I'm not necessarily comfortable answering this question considering savagery can call you out of bed @ 4:30 am for a workout or at 8pm. I don't have the luxury of normal men and their scheduled workouts. i get it when I can. I always have at least a protein shake, but it's not based on meals it's based on the intensity of my workouts; Hence the glycogen deprivation. If it were meals I would be sluggish all the time.

My question was: Has anyone else tried or done this effectively. Or, as effectively as I?
 
Is this like Jim Stoppani eating gummy bears post workout to spike your insulin levels?

I've bought into a lot of the sugar fearmongering lately and have avoided it outside a bit of fruit on my workout days.

Try consuming your daily carbs around your workout time.
 
Intra workout carbs can definitely be beneficial. It depends heavily on what you eat before training though. If you have a balanced meal with a good amount of carbs 1-2 hours before you train, you most likely won't experience problems with low blood sugar during lifting unless you're working out for a very long time.

I like to include an intraworkout shake some days that contains sugar, but this is only on days I workout fasted first thing in the morning. If I'm able to eat before lifting I don't feel the need for intra carbs
 
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