I can workout early fasted. But I've noticed I'm much stronger if I workout later in the day after a meal or two.

I've always been an advocate for fasted morning workouts. The greatest benefit imo goes for beginners that struggle with making fitness a habit. You just get up, will power is rejuvenated, you work out. Great video guys. Cheers! - Primal Fitness

the only reason i like not eating before morning workouts is cause i like the ability that i can workout hard fasted and still feel good but it does make getting all my calories in the rest of the day harder.

65 year old guy here. I have 1 cup of coffee with full fat cream an hour before. Then work out for 90-100 minutes. Can't work out on a full meal. Do goccasionally get a little hypoglycemic after a workout. But I'm ready to eat at that point.

There is no right or wrong. I do my own thing. Research drives me nuts. Everyone is different. Every research I've seen is never the same. There are differences in every way. I say find what makes you feel good. Discover your own body and pay attention to signs and if progress and goals are accomplished then in my opinion you must be doing what you're set to wanting to do and be

Depends on a person's personal preference. Military wise, we ate after working out in the morning. Your body is much more hardened than you think, you'll survive if you don't eat prior. If your feeling light headed, drink more water overall. If you feel sluggish , drink more water overall. You fall and sprain your ankle?, drink more water and pop that ibuprofen your good to go!

It always feels better to me to not eat and then eat after. It makes the meal so much better like you earned it lol. Also that’s when you glycogen reserves restore themselves

This was informative, and I agree some people are conditioned to eat food before doing anything in the morning

this is exactly the content i was looking for

I’ve done fasted workouts anywhere from 5-10 am (starting time. Not 4 hour workout) I perform much better eating as well as late afternoon workouts. Fasting and low carb works well for me when I want to drop weight quick. But when I am on point with lifting,cardio,sleep etc I just eat 4 meals a day and it works perfectly

How always, on point and reasonable. Thank you,

Why have breakfast? Because I'm friggin' hungry sometimes in the morning 😂 I usually don't need it, but like today, I'm starving. I don't have the time to eat an hour before. So, I'll eat a small breakfast, and then get at it. Don't think it matters. As long as you put the effort in.

I would eat good specially carbs night before morning workout , when i dont do it, i lack intensity in gym, now if you just want to do light cardio in morning than you dont need carb load night before

I lift weights to build muscle. I think have some protein or amino acids in my system is important so that I can build muscle. If my goal is weight loss I think fasted cardio is a great idea and I typically can go harder in my cardio because I would feel less bloated.

Side note, proteins get broken down almot everywhere in your body. Eat high protein meal before going to sleep. You have the energy when you wake up and amino acids in your system

There is a use to eating right before training. I can do cardio on an empty stomach, but i lift better when my stomach is full.

Core workout and run in morning, big breakfast, snack, workout 8 hours later, dinner

I think it depends on what you’re doing in the gym and what your goals are. If you’re powerlifting and trying to get bigger you should eat before.

Great talk guys! I have to have a LITTLE something beforehand because I get super lightheaded without eating. My metabolism is also incredibly fast so this plays a big part in that.

I used to overanalyze things and ask dumb questions like this. I don’t care what the research says. Do whatever feels better. For fucks sake lolol.

I have for this whole last month (Ramadan) have done fasted (no food or water for 13 hours) workouts. I thought I'd have to sacrifice on intensity and/or volume. But I have progressed and felt great. It's so much psychological.

Since I’m a little bit of an ectomorph, I have a small snack with a good amount of protein and carbs before lifting a little heavy to prevent the muscle from eating itself if there aren’t enough carbs available.

Good thoughts, thanks

If you want to activate mtor then always have carbs before working out. Focus on performance over aesthetics. But I guess it all depends on what your goal is.

This is a great podcast

Thank you ❤️

He’s right about the food not being converted into energy until a long relatively period of time has passed, but the one thing a small snack will do immediately is raise your blood sugar and cause insulin to be secreted. Most people wake up in the morning with a fasting blood sugar of 70-80 mg/dL which will adversely affect energy levels to some degree. I’m a Type 1 Diabetic so I deal with this stuff on a constant basis.

I worked out fasted for more than a year, and felt great. But, I had to switch to improve my strength.

I'm a big guy like 370 and I personally am a huge breakfast person always have been. That said I like to eat after because I'm hungry when I wake up but I find as a breakfast guy if I work out and then after I get a boost. I can eat more for breakfast and kinda combine my breakfast snack together and be full. Oatmeal baby! Every day

I literally eat a full blown meal minutes before working out. Feel great and ready to rock!

I’m new to working out (since organized sports in highschool) I’m a trucker who’s lived off of truck stop food for 2 years and I’ve been drinking energy drinks everyday until recently. After 1 week of cardio during the day (while waiting to get loaded or unloaded at a shipper or receiver) and lifting on the weekend and eating 12-1300 calories a day I can already say i feel better. I’m glad there’s so much information out there on getting in shape I just wish I knew what was right for me.

I've realized having lots of carbs 2 hours before I workout my workouts last longer and I feel way better. I have 2 packets of cream of wheat with milk every morning before I workout.

I love to eat before a workout but that's just me. I feel like I have more strength and energy to go longer that way. I don't know if it's better or worse.

I always drink a protein shake and hour or 2 before my workout and one after.. Then I get something to eat. drink protein shakes with some type of oil, such as almond oil.

Generally, I need food in my stomach. However, the odd day I'm not hungry I feel fine. Mostly depends how my stomach feels, it's not necessarily about energy, I have acid reflux.

I think it's probably about hormone level, especially cortisol. Eat some fast carbs before morning workout seems to help me lower the ”wake up tiredness“ personally.

If you eat a meal 30 mins before your workout you can get an energy boost for the end of your workout after an hour into your workout

I eat a little snack right before my workout. It's not so much for my workout. It's to keep me going after because I go straight from the gym to a hard labor job

I ate before lifting for about 16 years and I don’t notice any benefits from this approach. It is highly inconvenient to wake up an hour and a half earlier just to eat something and allow your body to digest it to a certain degree. If you’re used to eating breakfast first thing in the morning then you will feel hungry because that is what your mind and body are used to. That hunger can be a very big distraction when lifting. But if you adjust your body/mind to not eating breakfast until late morning then you can go into your workouts feeling perfectly fine, especially if you take the right pre workout (I just drink coffee and a half scoop of BCAA’s). Probably the worst is if you’ve been fasting for an extended time but this is on a case by case basis- it’s one of those things which you should listen to your body. If you feel weak after taking your pre workout and after warming up then don’t force it.

Cardio at the morning before breakfast is the best for lossing wight

Could you show us what your garage gym set up is please?

Looking for advice from a reader: I used to workout fasted all the time in the morning. It wasn't until after my pregnancy that I wasn't able to do that anymore. I wonder if I reconditioned myself to think that I absolutely have to have meal before a workout? Because now I feel nauseous if I don't eat a couple of hours before my workout. I don't get light headed or anything, I just get real nauseated if I don't eat. Recently, my schedule has changed to where I'm not able to get in my daily workouts. I've decided that if I want to keep up with my fitness routine that I just need to go back to morning workouts, but like the guys in the video said, I'd rather sleep another hour than wake up earlier to eat. Should I practice again fasted workouts? I'm not overweight. I'm at a healthy 14-15% bf. I usually eat a good enough meal at night for me to not be ravenous the next morning. Can a hormonal shift be the cause of my nausea if I don't eat? Is that even possible? A hormonal imbalance can do some crazy things to a person's body. Or is it all in my head?

I honestlyhave tried different strategies as far a food intake when working out im now trying the whole eating before working out trying to use food as energy instead of pre workout its okay but i would eat a fruit or not eat at all before working out in the past and i was okay either way

I like eating before but not for any performance benefits. My little morning cooking time sorta replaces caffeine because it lets me slowly wake up, I feel a bit disoriented when I get up and go straight out the door

For me its afterward. I get mud butt if I have food in my stomach and I push the workout hard.

if you feel like your about to pass out while working out fasted then eat something. other then that fasted is the way to go.

I always workout after

how about a fruit juice 5-10m before?

yup, me too...... I hit the gym at 6 on empty like Sal..... afterwards I take Creatine and eat small organic home cooked breakfast.... around 12:30 is when I eat a big lunch ( home cooked )...

I think the question also has to do with at what time do you drink your protein shake? Do u drink it along with your breakfast?

I think sometimes the blood sugar is low, rather than having no energy stores and that's what makes people feel bad. Just have a sports drink and you'll be sweet.

A quick banana and whey shake is the only answer to an effective breakfast right before a workout. I usually wait about 30-40 mins max and then take my pre workout and go

I had this issue. I do a 16/8 intermittent fasting (10pm-2pm) and I do full body 3 times a week at 5am. My question is being I skip breakfast does that negatively effect my recovery or gains if I don't eat post workout? (5am- 2pm)

I literally can’t workout with weights if I don’t eat before. I’ve done strong hikes and I work perfectly, but if I don’t eat carbs 1st. I’ll get dizzy 2. I’m so weak and can’t pull the same weight that I do if I ate. I wonder if this is different for men

After you workout. Youll burn more fat on an empty stomach. Your body will burn the food from the night before and then the stored fat.

ima skinny guy with a big belly fat, is it better for me to workout in the moring before or after Breakfast?

the later part of this video is wrong… glucose levels in blood go up instantly

I can’t do legs so without eating unless it’s at 5-6am cause I usually have a good dinner around 7-8pm.

I’ve never worked out fasted because I feel it will hinder my session or not get as great of a pump like I normally after a meal. I work out in the morning before a long day at work so I roll out of bed to make breakfast before hand each day but one thing I was always curious about was if you were to switch it up and work out fasted, would that affect digestion at all?

Why do these 3 gentlemen hardly disagree?

I definitely cannot work out fasted. I’ve tried it and I’ve felt weak before.

I've have been working out and then going to work at 6 am and then not eating until 8 when I'm on my first break. I have had no performance issues ever. You people think too much into it. I used to take a protein drink right after working out, but years ago have eradicated protein powder from my diet. That stuff is garbage. I do 2 cups of cottage cheese in place of where I used to take protein shakes.

I'm weak as a toddler first thing in the morning

My gym is on the way to work though so I eat before.

Those clients that have to eat a couple hours before lifting may have a carb dependency and not fat adapted. Hmmm I just watched a video before this one and starting to get it 💪

I’ve noticed if I don’t eat before working out in the morning, I do get lightheaded and weak

Sylvester Stallone recommends having a snack 15-30 minutes before a workout. Banana&handful of almonds, oatmeal with sliced peaches, and etc. Me personally, I've been a physical labourer most of my life(woodcutter, farm jobs, and etc) so I like to have a bowl of cereal and a coffee because going to the gym is kinda the same as going to work.

Well....im hungry in the morning so.. im gonna eat first. Sometimes its 2 hours before.. sometimes its 30 minutes before. Works for me

Funny I was having this headache all morning and I’m debating to eat before working out.. I think I’ll just do some type of juice

One hour before, whey isolate and simple carbs and a digestive enzyme will not make you full. Works for me.

I feel naseauous if I don't eat something before my workout in the morning

What if you’re also trying to gain weight and start working out to do that?

Is it better to take a shit before or during squats ?

OK WHOA THERE. A glass of juice on empty stomach may allow your body to absorb more of the vitamins and nutrients, you gotta keep in mind that for many people this is not a good idea, as juice is very acidic, and could actually do some harm. Many people may start to get acid reflux and some who have a sensitive stomach like myself may even get heartburn or in worse case scenarios after doing it for a while be it months or years ULCERS. So i would never recommend to my clients to take a glass of juice or soda or energy drinks on an empty stomach.

Okay so how quickly after working out should you eat if you are working out fasted?

I only workout fasted. Feel sluggish when I workout after eating.

What about people with very fast metabolism

Just wondering if these guys work clients. They didn’t mention it here...

I train six in the morning fasted and feel totally fine 🙂

2 shots of espresso gives you the energy kick and postpones morning hunger for only 10 calories. Am not a fan of eating breakfast right when i get up, feels like a chore, 2-3 hours is perfect when the real hunger kicks in

There’s no one perfect diet or fitness lifestyle that works for every billion something human beings on this entire planet just do what works for you and yeah that’s it.

Prefer eating after I tend to be a hungry guy so i eat before and workout I’m gonna be hungry again after the workout

2:22 - me (I’m 201 cm at 235 lbs)

Why is the mic so close

I wake up at 4:20 am leave the house 10 min later drink a bang then by the time i get to the gym at 4:40 its showtime

Big dinner, decent sized breakfast = big pumps

And if u eat a big dinner u going to have alot of energy cant even sleep lol. I wale up at 0930 eat then 1hr later i work out

I prefer working out with an empty stomach

People eat in the morning😮

I think you should skip food altogether and go on a water and juice diet

Why the hell would you eat if you're working out before 8am?! Did you not eat anything yesterday?. People need to educate themselves on how the human body works!

Coffee..not even a whole cup, just a few hot sips. For an early morning workout.

I find morning works are fine as long as you do them on a regular basis however I usefully train in the evening after 2 meals and I feel soo much stronger. It just depends what you are used to.

I’m a faster personally.

Shoot I gotta eat before I workout 😂

When I workout at 6am I don't eat. If I workout at 9am then I eat.

A cup of coffee 30 minutes before works for me...

Watching this as I’m eating 30 minutes before my workout 😂 fuck

I can only workout at night after a full day of eating or I pass out 🤣

Banana or two rice cakes with some honey