Looking for carb source pre workout

Diet and Nutrition
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I mean, yes and no.
Theres a good bit of data that actually supports Gatorade helping performance, despite it basically being sugar and salt.

When you’re training, you burn glycogen at a significantly faster rate than normal. Some studies suggest up to 4x the normal rate.
My understanding is that there is also a much faster conversion rate of carbs>glycogen when training.

I can definitely notice a difference between when I train with intra workout carbs (pineapple juice) and when I don’t - but only when I’m in a pretty depleted state.

Just my experience on it

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Fresh chunks also act as a thinner (bromelain) just in case that info comes in handy.

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End of thread!!!:blush:

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YA the simple stuff is readily available near workouts

Congrats on your interview btw, amigo

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I typically have a light multigrain english muffin and protein shake 30-60 minutes beforehand on the days I don’t have to be to work at 9. When I do I workout fasted (coffee with 2% milk).

Am I screwing it up?

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Yaaaaaaaa

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This has been a staple for me and works great !

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John Meadows concoction bowl:
1/4 cup Cream of Rice
1 cup of water
Microwave for 90 seconds
Add and mix in 1 heaping tablespoon of nut butter and Hershey’s Zero Sugar Chocolate syrup.
Optional:
I also have 4 large scramble pasture eggs

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There are many reasonable choices and people speak highly of Surge. But I think the main thing is you want 20 to 60+ grams of an easily digestible sugar, depending on your intensity and possible tolerance of gaining both muscle and a little fat.

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I feel as though a lot of these responses are ignoring the “no solid food” portion of the request…

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Also…solid foods take waaaaaaay too long to digest, assimilate and become usable for a workout. Certainly not in an hour or 2

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mix dextrose in with your preworkout. cheap, easy, and just a drink

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I have used cherry tart juice, the kind you mix with water.

But I used it during training on hot days when I was doing 10+ rep sets of deficit deadlifts.

Keeps you going.

I don’t know WTF it would be good before workout, personally I don’t think it would be good.

I use honey during lifting too.

Actually a raw clove of garlic with honey about an hour before might be “money” this is supposed to kick your endurance in full gear.

I do it right before a max lift though.
I ignore the tummy stuff and just suck it up, eventually I got used to it.

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Eight tablespoons of Cool whip should do the trick!

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An apple with hummus or honey.

An apple is solid food an all, but it’s light.

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