Post 255676 - (Should I eat before or after I go to the gym)

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[quote="computerlove"][quote="aspiegirl2"]If you're going to excercise, you should eat some carbohydrates (like a slice of bread with peanut butter on it, or maybe some bran cereal with milk or something).  You could also try a sport's bar, like a Cliff Bar or a Powerbar or some other bar that suits your taste.  But the thing is that it depends on how much you actually do eat, and that determines what time you should actually go to the gym.  If you eat spaghetti with red sauce before hand, you should wait for a few hours, since that would take a little longer to digest because it's a complex carbohydrate, not to mention it's more complex to digest than that slice of bread with peanut butter on it.  Complex carbohydrates could be better if you're doing a long run, since complex carbs digest slower and so provide a longer supply of fuel than say a lollypop might for instant sugar.  I've even heard of people, before races, consuming an energy drink right before to boost their energy for the beginning of the race.  I wouldn't recommend that because instant forms of energy could be harmful to your heart in my opinion.  Anyways, after you excercise, you should eat food with protein in it.  A banana is often good, and even milk; or even make a shake of a banana, a tablespoon of peanut butter, and 1 cup of milk.  It tastes often, and it does the job.  The reason why it's recommended to eat protein afterwards is that when you excercise, you're body builds muscle, and takes down muscle.  The protein helps build the muscle back up so that you don't keep excercising and never gaining strength.  Yes, if you run, you increase your cardiovascular side, but your arms and legs wouldn't get nearly as strong if you didn't eat protein.  I read that it's good to consume at least 9 grams of protein within 45 mins. after your workout.  Anyways, there are many theories about to eat the night before and even the week before a race or workouts, and lots of the time it's finding the right balance of food for you, since we all have different tastes and different bodily needs.[/quote]

What aspiegirl said is very good advice.

Eat a snack like she said, for example a spoon of peanut butter if you haven't eaten in a while, to avoid getting dizzy (this came from a gym instructor). This has worked great for me.

If you eat, wait at least three hours before doing some workout (this came from a friend who has exercised for years)

and as always: DRINK LOTS OF WATER![/quote]

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