Light exercise then breakfast, or vice versa?
07-30-07, 07:20 PM
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That would depend on how much is in the tank, and how far I'm going, just like with breakfast and riding. In both cases, you're not starting from an empty tank.
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Lately, an "early" ride for me is like 10 a.m., so I always eat first. Even early rides, I try to eat....otherwise, I just feel lethargic after awhile.
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I like to do just a couple of miles or other calisthenics to limber up and get the "Old Energy" out of the body. Then I eat. This gets me rolling afterwards better than anything else. My best personal evidence is from a run to town I decided to do one day. In the morning, I could only manage to run about half a mile before I was toast. That afternoon, I ran ten miles round trip with no problems. I have a similar effect with biking in the morning and later Taekwondo workouts in the afternoon.
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I skip breakfast every day before work, even on the days I commute to work by bike. My commute is under 7 miles. But on weekends ALWAYS eat breakfast, usually before a big bike ride, but on a weekend I'll eat breakfast even if I don't bike. I'm kinda strange.
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wether its to GAIN weight, or to lose weight, for performance you SHOULD eat BEFORE. Always. Think about it, if you were to go on a trip you would need to put gas in your car right? Here you dont have a car YOU ARE the car, so put some fuel in your body. The only times you should wait a while to eat is before exercise, after exercise and when sleeping.
