what would be a good pre-workout meal or drink?
what would be a good pre-workout meal or drink?
If you're like me and you use the gym as an escape from reality, spending as much as 3-hours there, while doing PWO cardio, the ideal choice is a slow-digesting protein like steak.
If you're workouts are 90 minutes or less, any lean meat/fish/eggs is fine. Always eat minimally processed complex carbs pre-workout and a healthy portion at that. I eat 70-80g complex carbs for breakfast and pre-workout, and less in other meals. I find a direct correllation between my strength/endurance and carbs in pre-workout meal.
Example of my pre-workout meal: 6 oz. flank steak, 15 brussell sprouts, 2 medium sweet potatoes. It's a lot of food, so I eat it 45 minutes before as opposed to right as I'm walking in but my workouts are very intense.
If you insist on doing a shake/drink, I'd recommend 1 scoop whey isolate, 1/2 scoop casein, 2 whole eggs, 1 cup oats. A guy with very nice results on his last cycle who knows his stuff and posts here eats this meal pre-workout, though I'm yet to try it.
Last edited by Damienm05; 03-27-2010 at 05:30 PM.
whats casein and can I buy it at grocery stores?
I've contributed to a major thread hijack. Sorry.
Casein is a slow digesting protein powder, available at some vitamin/supp stores and online.
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