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Pre workout snack/meal

  • 20-09-2010 3:24pm
    #1
    LeahK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Im starting a intense boxing class later at 8pm..I normally get home from work at about 6.30pm and have dinner. I know I cant eat much now before I work out (repeats on me really badly) so does anyone have any recommendations on what would be the best meal/snack to have before an intense cardio workout? I will need to eat something as Im usually ravenous when I get home and probably wont get to eat again until about 10pm.

    Ps Im doing this class to loose weight?


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  • #2
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    This is an odd one, but it does work. Black coffee with a spoonful of coconut oil melted into it. Eating a high carb meal before a work can definitely help with increasing intensity, but it tends to cancel out fat burning. In simple terms, your body will not burn fat while there is a significant amount of insulin present.

    Coconut oil is a fat, so no insulin response, but it tends to behave like a carb, giving quick energy which will help you work harder. And caffeine is well known as useful before a workout.


  • #3
    LeahK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭LeahK


    Thanks Eileen, Ill give it a shot and hopefully it will help with the hunger/energy.


  • #4
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    If you're ravenous at that time, coffee with a little coconut oil might not be enough for you, although it is great in general.

    Id say if you ravenous as you say, its best to have something small like 2 oatcakes with a little cottage cheese or peanut butter. Something small like that.


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