Feed your Body Building Workout the Appropriate Pre-Workout Nutrition
A carefully planned pre-workout meal will ensure that you always enter the gym at peak strength and will provide your body with the necessary tools to battle the weights as effectively as possible.
The meal you eat before working out must accomplish three things: 1. Making you as strong as possible. 2. During the workout you should provide your mind and muscles with a constant stream of balanced energy. 3. You will be minimizing the muscle breakdown process in addition to providing the necessary tools to help your body recover post-workout.
Before beginning exercise it is important to ensure you are properly hydrated. Water is key in maintaining strength as well as keeping energy levels peaked, so it is important to be sure that you have consumed the needed amounts of water a few hours before you board a train.
Your pre-workout meal should be eaten approximately 30 to 45 minutes before you enter the gym. The initial ingredient in this meal is, obviously, protein. Maintaining an anabolic workout state helps prevent muscle breakdown and this protein will help you do that.
The main reason whey protein is so great when taken before a workout is because it prevents muscle catabolism that may occur while working out. If you want to slow down the release of protein and provide your body more steady amino acids through out your work out try mixing you whey with milk.
You should take 1-2 portions of low-glycemic carbohydrates with your protein shake. Before the work outs it is best to take low glycemic carbohydrates because they are broken down and absorbed slowly,which gives the body a constant stream of energy as long as the workouts last.
Your body responds to consumption of high glycemic carbohydrates, which are quickly released into your bloodstream, your body responds by releasing a surge of insulin to help your system even out your body's blood sugar. Rapid fluctuation in insulin levels is the last thing you want in the middle of high intensity workout so choose carbohydrates that will not cause this.
Pre-workout carbs, such as oatmeal, apples, or brown rice, will keep your energy high throughout the workout by providing your body with a stream of sugars. When you are in training, it is important to eat a small meal prior to your session to allow for easy digestion as well as preventing sickness. It is not a good idea to work out without eating beforehand.
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Fri, 31st Jul 2009 10:45 am
GREAT POST !
I really enjoy reading this post ..
Thanks for mentioning pre- workout meals . I do think that it is really important as it gives us energy for work out…What are the natural food item we should take to gain mass……
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