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workout before or after meal?

ccbb Posts: 30 Joined: 2003/01/30	2005/08/28, 05:14 PM Some people suggest that we should workout before meal. I'm just wondering what's the benefit in that? I go to the gym after work and by then I'm too hungry to do any execises, so I usually have my dinner first and then workout. Is that bad? Thanks!
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2005/08/28, 09:21 PM The best of both worlds is to do both. You need carbs in your system before you workout and you need thr protein or small normal meal afterward. -------------- Mike in Pensacola Now.
519 Posts: 69 Joined: 2003/11/03	2005/08/29, 01:35 PM as i understand when you have blood rushing to your stomach to aid in digestion that means that there is less blood readily available to deliver oxygen to your muscles while working out. I do my best not to eat right before i work out, but have a snack to make sure i have enough energy about 30min before hitting the gym. Like Mike said though, pre and post workout meals are both important.
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2005/08/29, 04:17 PM No argument from me but I didn't mean directly before a workout. -------------- Mike in Pensacola Now.
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/08/29, 05:42 PM more or less.. have something to eat about 30- 45 min before you workout (the digestion time depends on what it is). get a liquid meal into you right after a workout in that hour window, then a regular meal later.
ccbb Posts: 30 Joined: 2003/01/30	2005/09/17, 05:27 PM Thank you for all your inputs. I'll give that a shot.
maxcdc Posts: 180 Joined: 2005/02/26	2005/09/18, 04:25 PM both
Kalanchoe Posts: 400 Joined: 2003/02/18	2005/09/20, 03:55 AM what about if you're doing cardio, say a 30min x-country run, and you want to lose weight? I run then stretch n shower, so I eat about 1hr after the run. Does this speed up my metabolism? -------------- each to their own