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    How long before working out?

    How long after a meal should you wait before working out? Is it beneficial to eat within an hour of working out or more beneficial to wait 2 hours or so?
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    I usually wait an hour so that some of the food is being digested and can be used as energy during the workout.
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    Originally Posted by zer00 View Post
    How long after a meal should you wait before working out? Is it beneficial to eat within an hour of working out or more beneficial to wait 2 hours or so?
    1-2 hours usually if you aren't supplementing with any workout drinks that contain protein/carbs. Remember, its best to re-fuel (aka eat) every 3 hours so don't start a 1.5 hour workout 2.5 hours after your last meal.

    For example, I just finished my last meal a little after 4 and I'm planning on working out around 6:00 or 6:30. Since I try to eat every three hours and my workout will definitely go beyong 7:00, I have a pre-workout drink with 20g protein, creatine, and some BCAAS, along with BCAAs during my workout.
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    i eat at 5:45 and workout at about 7.. it takes me like 40 minutes to eat anyways.. even if its a bowl of cereal, banana, and a whey shake im a slow eater and enjoy chewing my food.. and im bulking i got a problem
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    I usually wait about an hour. Kind of like the swimming rule.
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    after my workouts i feel sick as crap so its a drink as real food might make me throw up,i usually consume amino acids in a drink during,and a protein shake right after for 30 mins or so just sipping on it,when i feel my body isnt so messed up right after an hour or so i eat:P
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    Originally Posted by zer00 View Post
    How long after a meal should you wait before working out? Is it beneficial to eat within an hour of working out or more beneficial to wait 2 hours or so?
    I wait 2 hours after my meal, at least. Remember that it is not only your pre-workout meal that powers your workout alone, it is also the ready-stored glycogen in your body from previous meals.
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    my pre-workout meal is my breakfast so i eat at 5:45 and then workout at 7.. my breakfast is mostly carbs with a protein shake (bowl of cereal and a banana) im trying to maxamize my carbs earlier in the day and aroudn my workout to use the maximum amount of glycogen when i get in the gym and then of course afterwards i have my protein/carb PWO shake (whey, dex) and a PWO meal of carbs and proteins.. and then a PPWO meal of carbs and protein.. then the rest of the day i focus on protein + fat meals as carbs are not so stresses as I am just working at my jobs
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    is it bad to only wait 30 minutes before going to workout? because thats wat i do
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    i usually wait 30-45 minutes and don't have any problems as far as energy levels go.
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    it also depends on how much u are digesting and if its a whole food meal or liquid meal..

    if ur taking down some milk and toast compared to a huge bowl of cereal and a banana with a shake like myself.. i give myself a good 30-40 minutes after im done eating beacuse it takes me a good 30 minutes to take it down
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    I eat about 12-12:20 and do 20 minutes of basketball about 1:05 and start lifting around 1:35.
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    Originally Posted by Richie_Awesome View Post
    I eat about 12-12:20 and do 20 minutes of basketball about 1:05 and start lifting around 1:35.
    How's your game?
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    Originally Posted by LayzieBone085 View Post
    i eat at 5:45 and workout at about 7.. it takes me like 40 minutes to eat anyways.. even if its a bowl of cereal, banana, and a whey shake im a slow eater and enjoy chewing my food.. and im bulking i got a problem
    Ahhh...I got a friend like you.

    We go to eat somewhere and we're all ready to leave, check paid and everything and he's still chewing. He probably digests food better than all of us but I love my food too much to let it sit there on a plate for a long time. I'm all about the mouthfulls.

    The rest of my friends and I love to eat and are pretty strong athletic guys, but my slow-eating friend has always been the thinnest, even though he has a pretty good lifting routine 4-5 days per week. His nutrition is just not very good. Doesnt eat alot and when he does it's like he's struggling to swallow.

    I could never understand people who can't eat. It's probably my 3rd favorite thing to do. I'll let you guys use your imaginations about what the first 2 are.
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    Originally Posted by jfla32033 View Post
    How's your game?
    Not too great LOL. I never really played basketball when I was younger, so the last 3 months or so I've really been working at it, about 5 times a week I'll play 20-30 minutes, a few times we'll play 3 hours or so straight.

    I've mainly been working on posting up and controlling the paint...definitely my favorite part

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    Originally Posted by Richie_Awesome View Post
    Not too great LOL. I never really played basketball when I was younger, so the last 3 months or so I've really been working at it, about 5 times a week I'll play 20-30 minutes, a few times we'll play 3 hours or so straight.

    I've mainly been working on posting up and controlling the paint...definitely my favorite part

    What about you?
    I got a pretty nasty three ball.

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