Laura Jeanne Penrod Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Hi! Tonight I will be taking a Kettlebells class, followed by a Hit bootcamp class. I plan on eating dinner prior to going which was the same as last night. Salad and Spaghetti squash w/homemade marinara turkey sauce. Should I have a snack in between workouts and after? I'm not sure how to scatter my food. I'm afraid to eat dinner before but I won't be done with class til 8:15 and don't want to eat dinner at 8:30. I have to be up at 4:30 a.m. So I shower and try to get to bed relatively quickly. Any suggestions would help. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura B Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I would eat dinner beforehand, and if it is a regular sized meal I would eat it probably 2 hours before your first workout. I wouldn't (personally) eat anything in between, unless you feel like you need some fuel. I saw a thread about adding some fruit juice to water to help give you some energy (I believe it was a 3:1 water:juice ratio). And then have a post workout meal as normal. I usually have some sweet potato and canned salmon that I get from TJ's. You don't want to skimp on the food with those workouts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted July 18, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 18, 2012 Your schedule is awful, but I guess you know that. After those kinds of workouts, you definitely need to feed your muscles some protein. Eating dinner a few hours before hand, like Laura B suggested, is probably a good idea. Then maybe you could get by with just a super-sized post-workout meal at the gym - canned tuna, salmon, chicken and maybe a baked sweet potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Jeanne Penrod Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Cool! Thank you for the suggestions. I didn't think to eat a post workout meal instead of throughout. I just wanna make sure I have enough fuel. Tom, I know. I am a teacher teaching summer school and I have to get up early. It sucks. I teach high school during the year too so I get in working out where I can. after next week I'm off for three weeks so I plan on making some of my workouts in the am. I also bought a groupon for crossfit for two months. We'll see how I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura B Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Oooh a crossfit groupon!!! Why didn't I think to look for that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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