What to eat before your Morning Workout

Muscles and Abs are built in Kitchen. You are what you eat, all these you have heard before but now you must follow it intelligently.

Seriously, bodybuilding is moving all around What you eat and How you eat?

First thing is to identify the time of your workout. Because in evening, you get a lot of time to eat food and morning workout won't give to this chance. But both have their own benefits.

Morning Workout

It's 6:00 A.M, you feel half asleep but you committed a promise last night so you woke up. It sounds good. We have done a great job till now. 

Read the article to make your great effort to achieve your goal.

This time is so confusing, If you eat so much then you cannot do your workout properly and too little will also affect your workout.

 You should know when you wake up, your body is liable in a catabolic state means it takes energy through your muscles. You must have to prevent it, it's also the key. So consume protein before the training to change the state of your body. Amino acids, that supports muscles building and help to recover from the breakdown of your muscles.

What kind of Protein

Not all proteins are same and more specifically we have to choose the perfect source of protein for pre workout.
You should trust on any low-fat source of protein. You should have some fast digestive protein having enough amount of Amino acid Leucine.
Sources are Whey Protein around 15-25 grams of protein or 4 to 6 Egg whites or 60 to 100 grams of chicken breast or 80 to 120 grams of soy.
If you are having Whey protein or BCAA you can have it 15 minutes prior to your workout otherwise you have to have at least 35 minutes prior.

Make fuel from Carbohydrates 

When we come to the carbs. We have a lot questions in our mind. Will it make fat? Best time to have it? How much?

Carbohydrates are our primary source of energy. Carbs are nothing but a bunch of sugar molecules that are bundled together. Overnight, our glycogen from the liver is depleted and we need carbs for our muscles and brain to function properly.

So here I am talking about pre-workout only.

Workout with depleted fuel tank will also create a problem as you will feel early fatigue, result not effective workout.

Too much of it will create stomach discomfort and again won't get the best results.
Specifically for this time, you want to get the maximum energy along with not stomach discomfort, go to low fiber, fast digestive carbs.
We cannot make a standard with a number of carbohydrates. It depends on individual requirement and their goals.
Banana or breakfast sandwich would be the best choice, you could take it with your BCAA or the protein food.

It's not the time to Fat 

In bodybuilding, whether you want to lose fat or gain muscles, we need fat not only for muscles building but also to overall functions properly. I am talking about healthy fat here :)

But It's not the time for fat and the reason is Fat slows digestion.

If you are having a small amount of high like peanut butter with slices of bread, it will not make any harm but why you are going opposite to your goals and make your carbs slow digestive. It's the time to skip fat and take it later like mid day or night.

Caffeine

Caffeine work as a stimulant that increases strength and muscle intensity during the workout. It also mobilizes your fat to the blood so the blood takes energy from the stored fat.

It also has some side effects like dehydration, addiction, and sleep.

Be hydrated while taking caffeine and do 10-15 days gap in every 30 days. Means 30 days caffeine ON and 10-15 days Caffeine off. 

Now you have the knowledge to hit the gym through a nice pre-workout diet.
Follow these steps and make changes according to your body needs and get noticeable gains in strength and muscles. All the Best!

Stay Healthy, Stay Blessed.