PWO meal for fasted morning cardio?

[MakaveliThaDon]

So what do you guys/gals do for a PWO meal after a low intensity morning cardio session on an empty stomach?

Do you treat it just like a regular PWO meal with 50g of carbs?

 

[Rosie Chee]

So what do you guys/gals do for a PWO meal after a low intensity morning cardio session on an empty stomach?

Do you treat it just like a regular PWO meal with 50g of carbs?

Everyone is different as to what they use post-training. But yes, just treat it like any training session and have what you would normally have after a training session. Since that particular session is first thing on an empty stomach, your post-training meal is technically your "breakfast", the first meal of the day, and will be one of your most important meals of the day (the other being after your resistance training - if you do it that day), then you need to make it a good one.

~Rosie~

 

[MakaveliThaDon]

Bump on this for another question.

Trying to change things around a bit and find something that works for my body. What if I were to do a morning cardio session on an empty stomach, then have a PWO meal, and then head off to the gym to do actual weight training and then have ANOTHER PWO meal, is that too early after cardio to jump immediately into weight training? Does that just flat out not make any sense to do that, or is it worth a shot?

 

[Rosie Chee]

Bump on this for another question.

Trying to change things around a bit and find something that works for my body. What if I were to do a morning cardio session on an empty stomach, then have a PWO meal, and then head off to the gym to do actual weight training and then have ANOTHER PWO meal, is that too early after cardio to jump immediately into weight training? Does that just flat out not make any sense to do that, or is it worth a shot?

No, that's not too soon after cardio to do resistance training - in fact, before I came to the US, I would do my cardio at between 4.30-5am, and then go to the gym at 6am, having a shake post-cardio, and my breakfast post-weights. Just depends how "heavy" of a meal you are going to have post-cardio - some people (like myself) do not like to train with food in my stomach (even though when I was cycling I would shovel down a several thousand calorie meal and then go training ~10 minutes after finishing it). You just have to find what works for YOU and your body re your goals and needs.

~Rosie~

 

[MakaveliThaDon]

Thanks rosie. I'm gonna give it a shot Since the post cardio meal is actually going to double as a uhh...pre workout meal, I'm debating whether I should use something like rice or oatmeal for the carbs as opposed to straight dextrose. I'm thinking maybe something lower GI could give me slightly more energy for my weight traning than dextrose would. thoughts?

 

[Rosie Chee]

Thanks rosie. I'm gonna give it a shot Since the post cardio meal is actually going to double as a uhh...pre workout meal, I'm debating whether I should use something like rice or oatmeal for the carbs as opposed to straight dextrose. I'm thinking maybe something lower GI could give me slightly more energy for my weight traning than dextrose would. thoughts?

Use a combination of complex and simple carbohydrates. A lower GI is not necessarily going to give you "more energy" - it will take long to release. Why not just use a preworkout product that contains carbohydrates and mix it with protein powder and/or BCAAs. In the end, you can only experiment with different things to see what your body responds to best.

~Rosie~

 

[MakaveliThaDon]

yah, i'm bumping my own thread.

Been doing this for the past week with good results. Playing around a bit every day with the meal itself. So far I have been doing 2 scoops whey obviously for the faster acting form of protein. But wondering if I might be better off with a blend in this meal like ON's pro complex, it has to last me another 3 hours until I can get to my PWO meal after weight training.

Obviously there is only one way to find out, and I'm gonna try it for a few days and see, but just wondering how "in theory" this sounds to you guys?



thoughts?

 

[Rosie Chee]

yah, i'm bumping my own thread.

Been doing this for the past week with good results. Playing around a bit every day with the meal itself. So far I have been doing 2 scoops whey obviously for the faster acting form of protein. But wondering if I might be better off with a blend in this meal like ON's pro complex, it has to last me another 3 hours until I can get to my PWO meal after weight training.

Obviously there is only one way to find out, and I'm gonna try it for a few days and see, but just wondering how "in theory" this sounds to you guys?



thoughts?

Use a blend of fast and slow proteins (i.e. whey, casein, egg albumin, etc.). In the end, it's all about experimenting and finding what your body responds to best.

~Rosie~