Eating Before Exercise Flashcards
Exercising on full stomach can be uncomfortable because
Blood directed away from digestive system
Goal to have enough _ when you start training to sustain performance throughout
Glycogen stored from carbs
If you exercise first thing in the morning
Glycogen stores in liver have been depleted overnight
Eat _ hrs before working out (range)
2-4
Ideal pre workout meal is
Mainly carbs, some protein, little fat
If long term exercise consume _ after first hour for next 2 hours
30g carbs per hour
Increase carb intake to _ on your 4th and 5th hour
60g per hour
1 large banana contains _ g carbs
30
Potassium helps body store
Carbs
Potassium lost through
Sweat
The window of refueling after exercise called
Anabolic window
Ideal to refuel within _ hours after exercise (recreational athletes)
A couple
Im anabolic window _ replenish 150 times normal rate
Glycogen levels
In anabolic window, muscle cell membranes are more _
Permeable
Permeable muscle cell membranes can
Absorb more glucose to restore glycogen levels faster