To have a fit and healthy body
is not all about working out at the gym only.
This should be coupled with the “right nutrition”
to get the best from your workout session!
Every beginner,
or even an old timer
should always consider
the importance of workout foods ever!
They play the key roles actually,
to achieve your fitness goals easily.
Hence, nutrition should be given priority
if you want to see
any results quickly!…
Table Of Content
Pre & Post Workout Foods (2020)
The Pre Meal
The Post Meal
Right Timing
What To Eat?
Be hydrated
Final Thoughts On Pre & Post Workout Foods (2020)
Pre & Post Workout Foods (2020)
The Pre Meal
Your pre meal will be responsible basically,
in fueling your body,
to keep you going, with full energy
throughout your workout activity.
The Post Meal
While your post meal will be in-charged immediately
for the muscle growth, improvement and recovery.
Taking both meals, you need the “right timing”
to get the benefits they bring
and maximize the nutrition they’re offering!
The Right Timing
This refers to the time that’s ideal
for your pre meal and post meal
which are really big deal
to realize and feel
the result that’s real!
For a pre-meal, the time to take this ideally
would be 1-3 hours normally.
But this depends usually
on the metabolism of your body.
After an hour and you can feel already
that you’ve got the energy,
you can start with your workout fully.
However, if the food isn’t yet digested after an hour or two,
just wait a little until the effect hits you.
Post-meal apparently,
needs to be taken immediately
after your workout ideally,
to replenish the consumed energy.
The nutrients would already start working
for the process of muscle building
while it is recovering.
What To Eat?
You actually don’t need any nutritionist’ assistance anymore
as it is so simple as 4+4.
You just need to often plan
what foods need to be prepared and done.
It should always contain carbs and protein,
so quick results can be seen.
You can see samples of some common foods below
with good source of both carbs and protein and they are as follow:
Carbs:
- Rice
- Oatmeal
- Bread
- Potato
- Fruit
- Cracker
- Pasta
- Vegetable, etc…
Protein:
- hard-boiled egg
- Soy milk
- Low fat milk
- Nuts
- Greek yogurt which also contains carbs
- Fish
- Chicken
- Tofu, etc…
Be hydrated
Before proceeding to the gym
or anywhere else you’d like to trim,
it’s important to always hydrate your body,
before any intense activity.
This way you will release fully,
every toxin inside of you quickly,
through the sweats that come out easily.
Don’t forget to bring ever a bottle of water,
so you would have something to drink after,
to replenish the lost fluids quicker,
be hydrated and feel better!
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Final Thoughts On Pre & Post Workout Foods (2019/2020)
Deciding what to eat regularly
before and after working out your body,
is a crucial responsibility.
This should not be ever miss out,
if you want to have an effective workout.
Your body needs something more on carbs,
and they should be digested in one to three hours.
While post workout nutrition
should be taken just after your fitness session.
This must be more on protein
and if you delay eating,
results of your workout can hardly be seen.
Meantime, for better nutrition to follow,
and faster results to show,
you can combine or take alone the supplements below:
5 BEST PRE WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS 2020 (MEN)
7 BEST PRE WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS 20120 (WOMEN)
5 BEST POST WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS (MEN) 2020
5 BEST POST WORKOUT SUPPLEMENTS (WOMEN) 2020
If you have any questions or need a hand,
leave them below and send.
I’ll be happy to help with the best I can.
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Hello Jules,
Good article. Thank you for sharing this. More power.
Alex
Hi there Alex,
You’re welcome bro! Grateful if you found it helpful. Thanks and be safe wherever you are!
Hi Julius
These are some important reminders to replenish the body before and after any workout. Personally, I would always eat something full of carbs and protein before any workout, like porridge with different seeds and nuts. Post work-out is usually chicken or eggs with potatoes or bread and veggies.
Thanks for the informative read.
Teresa
Hello Theresa!
You’re welcome and keep doing that practice because nutrients such as carbs and proteins indeed help in fueling our body to get going during the workout and also for the recovery and development of our muscles after.
Thank you for dropping by!
Be safe always!
-julius
Hi Jules,
Thanks so much for this article. I really enjoyed reading it. I already knew about some good workout meals before reading your article on it. However, I didn’t no near as many as I know now. Furthermore, I had no idea what the best timing for eating before and after working out is. So thanks for that.
Keep up the great work!
Hello there, Ios!
Grateful if you enjoyed reading my article and for the additional knowledge you’ve learned from it.
Right timing in taking pre and post workout meals plays a key role and this should be often considered to obtain the optimum result from your intense workout.
Enjoy and have a safe workout!
-jules
This article is like the bible for ‘working out and eating well at the same time’, Its simple and easy to follow. I shall be book marking this because i think you are right, you don’t need a nutritionist’ because this stiff is so simple.
You have covered everything here with some fantastic tips to bear in mind. Thank you so much!
My pleasure Dianne! Working out and eating the right nutrition well at the same time are so crucial as working out is nothing without properly feeding the body to get going during the workout and fuel the recovery and building of muscles after.
Appreciate your time stopping by!
Be safe!
-jules
Great article. I tend to find articles about nutrition and exercise to be very wordy, but your article here is very easy to read, straight forward and to the point. It is also very informative. I had no idea that to get the best results, I needed to eat certain food before and after my workouts.
I lead a very active lifestyle (barn work, animals, kids…ect), so my approach to exercise is a little different. Finding time to go to the gym or to set aside time for a real work out is very difficult. However, I do an hour of yoga every morning and ensure that I am working my body throughout the day as I get chores done. My goal is to tone and build muscle, while not having to add any further exercise into my day.
I lose weight, sure, but I haven’t been building muscle to the extent that I feel like I should be. Your article has convinced me that I’ve been missing a crucial step. I don’t typically eat in the morning before doing my yoga, and I don’t typically eat a “after-workout” type meal until the evening. I will definitely be more proactive about eating a light breakfast before my yoga, and make sure I am eating the correct foods after. I already am very mindful about what I eat, I just wasn’t eating at the right times to maximize my results.
Thanks for the information!
You’re welcome, Kate! Thanks as well for your awesome thoughts about my article. Helping people doesn’t need to be too long and wordy as these oftentimes mislead them instead of guiding them.
Yes, it’s always important to intake pre-workout foods with more carbs to fuel your body during your exercise and post-workout foods more on protein after, to maximize the recovery and development of your muscles, provided you’ve taken these at the “right timing” as emphasized in this article.
Appreciate your time reading my article and for sharing your sincerest thoughts and experience.
Have fun and keep being healthy!
-jules
This is one of the most detailed article i’ve read about pre-workout and post-workout meals. I haven’t really taken these meals as important as they are but after reading this, i need to put myself on the right track. The one thing mentioned here that i adhere to, with all diligence, is being adequately hydrated. I try hard on a daily basis to be hydrated and it has helped in my body metabolism. I am glad i read this article today, thanks Jules
My pleasure, Samson! Yes, you always need to heed the importance of meals before and after your workout as they’re the ones who could help you achieve the best result you’ve ever wished for from your serious workout.
Meantime, you’ve got the right attitude there of making your body hydrated because this is always important so you always have something to replenish for the fluids that has been depleted from your body.
Keeping your body hydrated and continuously taking this moderately during the workout can quickly release the toxins inside the body thru the easy-flowing sweats coming out.
Thank you for stopping by!
-jules
Jules, Hey! All your advice on healthy eating before and after exercise is absolutely necessary. There are no objections to the recommendations of this topic. Indeed, there is no need for nutritionist advice with this range of products. An adult knows himself. For me, one moment is important to keep track of time.
Thank you and offer us such useful topics. Mark
Hey there, Mark! It’s always a pleasure and thanks as well for visiting by!
Yes, we no longer need a nutritionist’ advice here as it’s really so simple because these are the food we usually have on the table. They just need to be taken properly and timely and it’s our responsibility to always consider these if you’re into fitness and commit yourself to have a healthier living.
Grateful for your time.
-jules