Basic question: Scheduling the morning

[durron597]

if you want to have an AM workout, should you eat breakfast before hand? lets say you have to be somewhere (like a job [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) at 8 am... wake up 5 am, eat 5:30 or so, at gym by 6:30, work out hour....sound right? any good way to compress that?

[Thremp]

Just PreWO shake and PWO shake if you can... Eat "breakfast" right before work maybe?

Probably isn't the best thing possible, but it fits with your schedule.

[kinda]

eat some oatmeal + skim milk (cold, like cereal) and some fruit soon as you get up (some protein too if you can, maybe 1 scoop of protein powder). then do your shower/whatever routine. go to gym. have a PWO shake. go to work.

[secretprankster]

When I go in the morning I always eat quite a lot. I went with just a protein shake once and felt like I was going to vomit doing anything heavy. Today I went 8:00 wake-up, eat relatively normal breakfast (~700 kcals), wait 45 minutes, 1/3 Surge, workout. Obviously a lot of people can workout on less food though, but definitely get SOMETHING in.

[durron597]

how much time do i want in between this cold meal and working out

a lot of things online say "AM workout"... unless the best thing is actually to work out at lunch on those days?

[kinda]

I'd say 45-60 minutes between eating and lifting. i like to wait at least an hour but it will depend on your body.