Eating before training or after

[Venums]

Is it better to eat before trainings or after?

[KobiDC]

Eat when you're hungry?

[softpounder]

Eat when you're hungry?

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mirin new avi btw Kobi!

[Technic]

Is it better to eat before trainings or after?

I like to eat about 30 min before and about 1-2 hours after.

[MAGnitude]

Eat when you're hungry?

this.

geez, eat during your workout if you want.

[Faiski]

Broscience OP, hit your macros and calories. Doesn't matter when you eat.

[OneHandClap]

Broscience OP, hit your macros and calories. Doesn't matter when you eat.

Damn, even anti-broscience is broscience.

He didn't even say better for what, maybe he's interested in performance.
Some people perform well on an empty stomach, others like some food an hour before, or half an hour.
The bigger the meal, the bigger the gap I need between the meal and the workout.
I also like to eat soon after, is it better for body composition? Don't really care enough, I want to hit my macros and feel energized for the workout and as importantly, for the rest of my day.
I have a nice big appetite within an hour or 2 of the workout, seems like the best possible time for me to eat. I might have a snack or a drink straight after the workout too. Get that appetite going even more.

If you care enough, check the sticky Pre, During, & Postworkout, there's an update at the bottom.

[mmasharpify]

Is it better to eat before trainings or after?

both. its more about timing. enough beforehand to digest, close after to gain

[ronyim]

Eat when you're hungry?

Totally agree

[OrcaLifter]

When are you most hungry? I always want to eat big after I lift, so I simply eat bigger meals afterwards. Eat the daily caloric amounts you need each day when you prefer to eat them.

[KobiDC]

both. its more about timing. enough beforehand to digest, close after to gain

I'd say almost 99.9% of people eat 'close after to gain', considering that the 'anabolic window' and need for post-workout nutrition is more or less completely cancelled by pre-workout nutrition; and in the case of a individual training fasted, there is a supercompensatory response once they consume their post-workout meal. Quoting Alan Aragon;

Here's what you're not seeming to grasp: the "windows" for taking advantage of nutrient timing are not little peepholes. They're more like bay windows of a mansion. You're ignoring just how long the anabolic effects are of a typical mixed meal. Depending on the size of a meal, it takes a good 1-2 hours for circulating substrate levels to peak, and it takes a good 3-6 hours (or more) for everythng to drop back down to baseline.

People really underestimate how amazing our bodies really are.

[deveritt]

Both. Neither. One of the two. It's up to you.

[naturalguy]

Both.

What you eat and when you eat can affect your performance in the gym so when people say "it doesn't matter, just hit your macros bro" I say BS.

[SteelCurler]

Personally I like to eat after as during training e.g stomach, it gets to you and if its intense training you sometimes feel like you want to vomit.