morrning workouts

[Preacher]

morrning workouts

hey guys i have got to start working out in the morrnings.... which sucks ass cause i hate morrning but i'm too busy at night and i'm missing way too many sessions....

My question is, Do you guys eat before you workout or after..... I just can't see working out on an empty stomach..... let me know thanks....

 

[juaneye]

i love to lift in the morning, i get charged for the day. i do my vites and a protein shake (and a pot of coffee of course) then stretch out do cardio to get the blood flowing then chew on the iron. start my day at 4:30am and work 10:30-7:00.

i like to tell ya i then bang the chick in my avy....but you would know i would be a bitch liar

 

[Willieman]

I make sure I eat the night before..usually right before bed. Then wake up and drink a small protein drink.

 

[M FREAKY]

Personally I can't function right if I don't eat breakfast.
To answere your question. MY advise you to divide your breakfast calorie allotment so you have something light, primarily a carbohydrate that will fuel your body for exercise, 100 to 200 calories, mostly carbohydrates with a little protein and fat, such as our Fruit and Yogurt Shake. That is enough to see you through a workout, which lasts up to an hour. Believe me on this part non-salted Almonds does the trick for me right before work out.
Now skipping breakfast before a workout will not help you burn significantly more fat, but it will potentially cause you to burn fewer calories because you may get tired sooner or may not be able to train at your usual intensity. If you cut your workout short in its duration or intensity, you will be burning off fewer calories, including fewer calories from fat. Another thing to consider is that by skipping breakfast when you are hungry, and then working out, you can become so hungry that you respond by over consuming calories. This ends up working against your goal to get leaner.

 

[Preacher]

I'm not looking to skip breakfast just wanted to know if I showed eat before or after the workout....

From what I have read I should through some whey powder into my coffee and have some fruty almonds.... Then workout then eat breakfast.....

Thanks guys.....

ps did i mention i hate morrnings.....

 

[Vicious Cycle]

I think it really depends on what your goals are.

Leaning out a bit: Then higher reps, lower weights fast pace on an empty stomach. PWO Shake, Shower and then a serving of cream of rice and some eggs.

Building up: Lower reps, higher weights and slower pace with a serving of cream of rice and some eggs in you beforehand. PWO shake.

Working out in the morning is great, it really does give you that energy boost that people talk about the whole day.

Best
-VC-

 

[TenMan]

For most of my life, I always worked out after work (5pm). I was definitely not a morning workout person at all. A few years ago, when I was getting ready for a show, a certain Mr. Olympia (60+, natty) started extolling the virtues of morning workouts,. He use to say, "Nothing like it, you're dry from the night before and rested up...try it, you'll like it." Well I did. It took me about two (2) weeks to get in the groove, but once I was there, morning workouts (on an empty stomach) were def the trick for leaning out for doing a show.

I went back to evening workouts after the show, but on the weekends I sometimes do a morning workout.

There is good advice for you in this thread from the other bro's.

TenMan

 

[steve miller]

i can barely get out of bed and get a shower and get to work by 9 am , i could not imagine working out in the moring i tried it but could never stick with it..wish i could then i woudl not have to worry about it the rest of the day

 

[Preacher]

i can barely get out of bed and get a shower and get to work by 9 am , i could not imagine working out in the moring i tried it but could never stick with it..wish i could then i woudl not have to worry about it the rest of the day

I'm with your Steve, but fuck i'm way to busy at night and i'm barely getting in 1 workout a week right now and it really has me down....

So starting this monday, its balls to the wall. I'll start with some coffee and a little MU then workout time, then breakfast.

Thanks everyone for the advise..... I just hope it doesn't effect my job. I work pretty hard during the day as a drywaller.... Hey anyone in the south looking for a good boarder and taper? its fucking cold up here......

again thanks guys.....

 

[juaneye]

I'm with your Steve, but fuck i'm way to busy at night and i'm barely getting in 1 workout a week right now and it really has me down....

So starting this monday, its balls to the wall. I'll start with some coffee and a little MU then workout time, then breakfast.

Thanks everyone for the advise..... I just hope it doesn't effect my job. I work pretty hard during the day as a drywaller.... Hey anyone in the south looking for a good boarder and taper? its fucking cold up here......

again thanks guys.....

damn Preacher, every time i see your avy i laugh my ass off....same with MFreaky's old chon chon dude in his undies, i never stopped laughing my ass off every time i saw (hey bitch! where's my chon chon's) lmfao

 

[Demigod]

My job is hot in the summer and not so bad in the winter....this summer I think I'm gonna lift in the mornings because I'm just to drained in the evening.

 

[Baldspot]

I rotate shift every week, my workouts are all over the clock. If I didn't eat at least a little before my workout I can't make it through, I run out of energy way too soon.

 

[mjfit]

i just started working out at 5 am befor work about three months ago. i never thought i would be a morning work out person now i dont want to work out any other time i love it actually by 3:00 i want to work out agen. its great going in to work all pumped to the max. well i have been playing with the preworkout meal seeing what works i have found when i do a carb/protien shake i have way better work outs. starting next week i will be doing a maxi waze chalenge and kepping a log just for fun my diet is locked in so why not. i will be doing 40g mws 20g protien 5g creatien preworkout 40g mws during workout and 80g mws 40 protien 5g creatien pwo for 4 weaks i will let you now how it goes. hoping to put on some good mass with not a lot of fat

 

[Phreezer]

I do my gym training in the evenings right after I get home from work but for training strongman implements. I do that AM saturday morning. As soon as I wake up I drink a glass of milk and crack open a gatoraide and get to work. As soon as I'm done I drink a protein shake or eat a large heavy protein based meal..

But my typical day looks like this..

7:00am Two scoops Muscle Milk and 12 oz of skim milk

10:30 some kind of snack usually something crappy like pop tarts and a glass of milk.

12:30 Lunch usually atleast 6-8 oz of beef or chicken combined with a side like chips or cheese puffs or some such thing.

At 4:30-5:00pm depending on what time I get home from work I'll eat something like a peanut butter sandwhich and a glass of milk or sometimes a can of soda.

Then I work out immediatly right after and I'll then drink two scoops muscle milk with 12oz skim milk.

Then about 7:00pm I'll eat dinner. Who knows, sometimes steak, sometimes chicken, sometimes fish... It will always be 60% meat whatever it is.

Then around 11:00pm I'll drink a glass of el cheapo walmart "Xtreme" protein and maybe a lunchables or maybe a few leftovers something similar and then go to sleep and get up and do it all over again..

through the day I'll snack on stuff a little ranging from Raisins and bannanas to grahm crackers or sometimes I'll take two pieces of salami and put a slice of cheese between them and eat them as a snack... OHHH.. and something else I really like. Is that immitation crab meat. I love that shit and will eat two or three packs of it a week. Usually just right out of the package.. good stuff!

Hmmm... My diet kind of suchs huh?

 

[RomeoSlam]

good luck man, i have never been able to jump out of bed and wo. i'm afraid i'd completely get stuck under a bar.

 

[Preacher]

Its hard too get a workout in with kids and if I want to work out I have to schedule in a time.... I get home from work at all diffrent times and then its usually off to hockey or kids club or someother thing for the kids..... This was way esier when I was single.....

Freezer... I love your diet I think I could stick to that......