Early morning trainers...breakfast advice.

[Kinkarada]

I arrive at the gym at about 7.00am and i've been trying different things to improve my breakfast to get the best out of my workout. Normally for a 7.00am training session I will get up at 5.20 and have breakfast straight away, then have my shower and get dressed, etc.

Currently I have in the following order:

5 grams of creatine with water 250ml of water.
1 grapefruit
Half a cup of quick oats made with water and about 100ml of milk and 20 grams of WPI added to it.

I will then have about 1 hour and 15 minutes before I hit the gym.

I've never been a big breakfast eater and any more than this makes me feel too full to train well.

My theory behind the above meal is that it is low GI, has not processed sugar, has no little fat and gluten to slow digestion.

I'd be interested to hear what some other early morning trainers think of this breakfast and also what works well for you.

I'm not cutting.

[Khazima]

Sounds good to me, that's basically what I do the mornings I get up early as well. Most of the morning I'll take the extra sleep and just train fasted then eat straight after, but recently I've been having brekky more often than not and I've liked it a lot better.

If I have more than an hour to let food settle, I'll eat 100g oats with 300mg milk (full cream or skim), 30g peanut butter and 20-30g honey. If I have 45-60 minutes to let food settle I'll just halve everything.

[Kinkarada]

Thanks for the feedback Khazima.

[Khazima]

Thanks for the feedback Khazima.

You're welcome. This morning I had 2 small bananas and my pre-workout, half an hour before the gym.