For you morning Traininees..........

[JKurz1]

and those that work office jobs......

what time do you wake up to eat before you hit the gym?

Don't you feel when 5pm comes around that you could go train again or you haven't done anything yet?

How is your diet? You you tailor off your pm calories or eat even more since you train again in the am?

 

[KillahBee]

- I hit the gym at 5am (ish). No way around it - gotta just grab food and go. Don't have time to have a full meal and digest. That's life right now.
- I do feel that way at night. But, a) I feel GREAT at 8am and full of energy and b) once 9pm rolls around I think about how I am going to be in the gym again soon.
- diet is tough. I will tailor it off a bit at night, as I naturally eat a lot more around the training times.

 

[*MissFit*]

I'm a woman so it might be different but i don't eat before the gym..

I get up at 4am.

At the gym by 4:15am

And I eat at 6am and i eat about ever 2 hours till 10pm at night. I never lose energy but do feel like i could train again later.. some times im even tempted to again.. but i know i will be back in the gym in the am .. so why bother

 

[sonic_death_monkey]

I wake up at 4pm in the afternoon (work nights) and have some hot green tea. Instead of doctoring it up w/ splenda and creamer, I put about 15g of vanilla cinammon protein powder in with it.

I head straight to the gym and do the cardio! (trimmin it down for the summer)

Get home around 5 pm and put together all my food etc for the night. I work from 7pm to 7am. After work I go back to the gym for the weights. Sleep. Repeat.

 

[Tweakle]

Interesting.. I cant do anything but cardio in the morning, or even daytime.. I get injured because the body's in a more vulnerable state and it's harder to focus.

 

[gjohnson5]

and those that work office jobs......

what time do you wake up to eat before you hit the gym?

Don't you feel when 5pm comes around that you could go train again or you haven't done anything yet?

How is your diet? You you tailor off your pm calories or eat even more since you train again in the am?

I hit da gym 7:00pm. At this time cortisol levels are reaching thier lowest so less change of lost muscle via workout. But burning calories is also the least effective. This is in my opinion a good thing. It means that you can be VERY intense without little worry of catabolism

 

[JKurz1]

HUH>> Where did you ever get that idea??? Cortisol are elevated in the am bro........

 

[gjohnson5]

HUH>> Where did you ever get that idea??? Cortisol are elevated in the am bro........

Please reread ...

I do workout in the PM
Yes cortisol is elevated in the am which is why I don't workout then

 

[JKurz1]

ahh.......good edit.............kidding........many, many succeed at both.........I'm not sure which I want to do....either early am or late pm...........it's gotta be rough working 8-6pm and then training...........then trying to eat all night....hmmm....

 

[Tom Treutlein]

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[gjohnson5]

ahh.......good edit.............kidding........many, many succeed at both.........I'm not sure which I want to do....either early am or late pm...........it's gotta be rough working 8-6pm and then training...........then trying to eat all night....hmmm....

Nah,
small meals.

That's 6 small meals a day. Or 4 meals and 2 snack, however you choose to do it

Most office people schedule ends at 5:00pm
Eat then which would be a preworkout. You have time to snack or pop a shake before 7:00pm gym time
Get out of gym 9:00pm
My post workout small meal or shake
bed around 10:30pm - 11:00pm once again small meal or shake

 

[*MissFit*]

Small meals are ideal.. i cook alot all at once and bag it.. and take it in the morning.

mind u i eat more than 6 times a day and snack a bit more.. but its still better than holding out

 

[JKurz1]

If I take this job, it'll be 8am-5:30pm.............So I was thinking:

Meal #1 630ish - home
Meal #2 930ish- something small and easy to transport
Meal #3 1230ish- maybe out with clients, maybe pack, maybe subway
Meal #4 300ish - protein bar or the like
TRAIN 6PM
PW SHAKE 730PM
Decent snack/meal 830-900pm......crash around 10

 

[gjohnson5]

If I take this job, it'll be 8am-5:30pm.............So I was thinking:

Meal #1 630ish - home
Meal #2 930ish- something small and easy to transport
Meal #3 1230ish- maybe out with clients, maybe pack, maybe subway
Meal #4 300ish - protein bar or the like
TRAIN 6PM
PW SHAKE 730PM
Decent snack/meal 830-900pm......crash around 10

Keep it about 600 cals a piece. 6 small meals. If I remember correctly , you are trying to bulk. So you don't have to eat big, the above should be good enough. Also note that anything you eat in excess will be converted to fat so I wouldn't suggest eating in excess at night.

Jkurz1, what's up with the bars, man? Protein bars are loaded with high fructose corn sweetener, which converts into glucose quickly. They also have saturated and trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils such as soybean. This cannot be good for anyone and I would avoid personally.

I seem to remember you saying Subway is not safe eating. All subway breads contain high fructose corn sweetener. White flour is 70ish on the GI scale. You know this stuff already. Do do the subway too much. You can make your own sandwich and use rye bread and avoid the sugar and save money.

To agree with Canadian Cutie , meals + snacks is more then 6 feedings for me too

 

[JKurz1]

Gus, gus, gus......of course bro......protein bars are homemade............although I do have about 6 cases that I will use before they expire............if and when I get on, fat storage are the least of my worries........it's calories..........I can strip it off 10x easier.....

 

[rbtrout]

I'm up at 3:30 am so I can eat before hitting the gym at 4:45 am. Pre w/o shake is 1% milk, natural peanut butter, raw, long-cook oats, a banana and 2 scoops of protein powder. It gets me through the workout. I then eat 5 small meals about every 3 hours through the remainder of the day. It works for me. I understand the testosterone levels are supposed to be higher for men in the am - hence morning wood. Even considering that, I never know how late I'm going to work and I don't mind getting up early, so it works for me.

 

[JKurz1]

I'm up at 3:30 am so I can eat before hitting the gym at 4:45 am. Pre w/o shake is 1% milk, natural peanut butter, raw, long-cook oats, a banana and 2 scoops of protein powder. It gets me through the workout. I then eat 5 small meals about every 3 hours through the remainder of the day. It works for me. I understand the testosterone levels are supposed to be higher for men in the am - hence morning wood. Even considering that, I never know how late I'm going to work and I don't mind getting up early, so it works for me.

keep the cals high at night to help fuel the am workout?