4 Before Workout Tips that You Should Know

July 2, 2012
An effective workout and results depend upon many factors. These include your body clock, physical and mental stress, proper technique and food. What you eat before and after workout is one of the essential elements to make you lean or to buff you up. This post is first part of two posts (before and after) about workout.

For maximum result from your workout these are simple 'things-to-do' that you can follow.

Time and Diet: If you are one of those who are early riser and hit the gym or tracks, you do not have enough time to get high source of energy. In this case you can eat high amount of carbohydrate rather than focusing on proteins. Carbs (fruits and juices like apples, oranges, bananas etc.) get digested easily and can help you with the required energy.
If you have enough time to go to gym, you have choices of food to eat which can contain carbs, proteins, fibers etc.
Basic Rule: Less time you have, lighter you should eat.
This study might help you understand more.

The Gym or Workout: Never hit the gym or try to do workout empty stomach. The stress that exercises need and your sugar level are not sufficient enough to match your workout. This may lead to hypoglycemia, a condition that will make you prone to fatigue.

Types of Body: If you are diabetic, you can workout soon (after 20 - 30 minutes) after a heavy meal. If you are a regular person, you should wait for two to three hours before you start working out. The simple reason behind this is, in diabetic sugar levels are already high and optimum sugar level is necessary for maximum workout results.

Prefer Simple Crabs: Simple carbohydrates are easy to break and convert for workout and hence are preferred if you are looking for a good diet source. The list of sources that contains simple crabs are given below.
  • All fruits and vegetables (these are sources of natural sugar)
  • biscuits, cakes and pastries
  • chocolate
  • honey and jams
  • jellies
  • brown and white cane sugar
  • pizzas
  • prepared foods and sauces
  • soft drinks
  • sweets and snack bars
Prefer natural sugar (fruits and vegetables) rather than refined sugar as refined sugar has other sweetness related side effects too.

If you are go to gym, doing exercises and still not getting results, you might be preparing yourself in a wrongful at the first place. (Read: Weightloss Tips You Should Never Follow) The bottom line is if you are going for a workout, eating anything or simple going empty stomach won't give you results. In order to burn calories, you need calories and healthy food is the best source.

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