Comments on: Ask Mike: Eating before or after exercise

By: Susan Campbell

Susan Campbell — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:54:43 +0000

It is definitely after…….glut 4 transporters are all stuck to the muscle membranes waiting to be refueled from the glucose in the bloodstream. These glut 4 transporters only migrate to the cell membrane as a result of exercise so if you ate before you worked out, the glucose would just stay floating around your blood.

By: Belle

Belle — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:55:05 +0000

Depending on your goals, I used to have a personal trainer because I wanted to tone my body and build some muscles. He told me that eating a decent ammount of carbs before your workout is important because for the first 20 mins. of your workout your body uses up the energy consumed from your carbs, just after 20 mins. of workout will your body start burning fat. He also told me that eating a high protein meal as soon as you stop working out is important for muscle building and toning because you want your muscles to stay the way the are after working out.
I usually just ate a protein bar (took me a while to get used to the taste) or drink a protein shake on my way home from the gym.
Now I don’t even go to the gym anymore, I bought an Elliptical and I do at least 30 mins every evening while watching TV. It does wonders.

By: rmomm3

rmomm3 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:35:56 +0000

I just have a question? I am married with 3 kids. The only time I can work out is at night. Usually 1hr 45 mins from 10:00-11:45 p.m. Should I eat something before and or after I work out even if I am going to bed about an hour and a half after my workout? I do circuit training for about 30 mins and cardio the rest of the time.

By: Kurly Sue

Kurly Sue — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:27:18 +0000

a little before and after if you eat alot you will get a stomach ache

By: afroz

afroz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:29:12 +0000

thanks

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:39:21 +0000

If you dont eat at all till the end of the day & workout in the morning & then workout at night you will deffinitly start losing weight. Its a fact. But dont just chow down you need healthy food, like maybe 1 meal and a snack & thats all.. if anyone can ever do that..I did.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:11:09 +0000

Caroline -

I think that there’s a lot of truth in your comment. My wife and I recently cut out the sugary foods from our house and we both dropped a lot of weight almost instantly. I wasn’t even overweight (5’8″ about 160lbs), but I dropped about 15 lbs. My wife dropped about 30lbs. It’s amazing how quick the lbs. came off once we did that. We were exercising hard core for awhile, but it’s been more intermittent lately and the lbs. have kept dropping.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:55:13 +0000

moderation…

By: Nick N.

Nick N. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:56:44 +0000

First of all, everyone is different, and there’s no prescription that can be applied to everyone. Not only do our workouts vary, but our body types and metabolisms all differ. I exercise quite regularly, and relatively intensely. I believe the answer to the question will depend entirely on the duration and intensity of the exercise, as well as the goals of the exerciser. I do not exercise simply to burn calories, but to improve/maintain fitness and for fun. I exercise in the morning, and HAVE to eat before I begin. The quality of my workout is definitely affected by the meal I have before hand, and though many would be fine with a bowl of cereal, energy bar, fruit, or the equivalent preferred balance of mostly carbohydrates and a little protein to assist with carb delivery, I find I must consume a good deal more. I typically eat around 1500 calories before exercise; mostly whole grain cereal, milk or soy, high protein powder, peanut butter, and fruit. I try to weight train at least 3 times a week, because my cardio load is quite high… I typically get about 3 hours of moderate to intense exercise a day, and take one day a week off for recovery. I usually am not hungry when I finish working out, but I force myself to have a serving of protein mix with milk/soy which is always shockingly easy to down. I need to eat before to fuel, and I need to eat after to repair… I guess if you want to loose weight, eating before would likely be best. After exercise, your body is still in a catabolic state, where it’s breaking down your body’s tissue. I need to eat after to move my body in an anabolic state, where I rebuild… but if you want to loose weight, just don’t eat after! It’s pretty easy for me to do if I want to… but I’ll weigh five pounds less the next day!

By: bodybybeck.com

bodybybeck.com — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:53:07 +0000

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