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The Importance of Pre-Workout Nutrition


I’m not running a promotion on this ‘ground-breaking’ new pre-workout supplement I have been affiliated with by a random company that has contacted me through Instagram, nor is this a blog about supplements at all.


This refers to nutrition, which subsequently refers to food and supplements.

Sometimes, you’ll go to the gym feeling tired, mentally, or physically drained and even both. For people, finding the best pre-workout may be all that’s needed to alleviate their training hull. Inadequate nutrition before hard workouts will cause you to be less energized, weaker and fatigue faster.


This is ‘scientifically proven’ by a significant portion of studies in the research spectra, a study in 2011 by Gonzalez and group discovered that ingestion of a high-energy supplement 10 minutes prior to a training session improved training volume and power performance, right?


Supplement companies and self-proclaimed guru’s will have you believe that their ultra-awesome pre-workout formula with about 10 mis-dosed ingredients (caffeine, beta-alanine, vitamin b12, green tea extract, vitamin a100, etc etc) which are mixed beyond all reasonable explanation will change your workouts forever.

Still with me? Let’s talk about the research for a second, such as the one I referenced above. You must consider how they reflect real world conditions.


The above study had the participants fast for 8-10 hours before taking a so-called pre-workout compared with a placebo. Do you fast for 8-10 hours before a workout? Don’t you have a few meals before? Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats? How does this effect your body in conjunction with the preworkout?


Researchers unknowingly manipulate the conditions of the study to achieve a desired result. Take these studies with a grain of salt. The pre-workout craze is so rife that people will spend hours researching for the best workout, with an inadequate training plan and poor diets. This is like trying to hold up a three-legged stool with one leg.


A younger version of myself used to take an over-priced pre workout drink and wait 45 minutes to initiate my workout for the pre-workout to ‘kick-in’ what the hell is ‘kick-in?’ the truth is I had no idea if it really kicked it. I was just following the herd because everybody else was doing it.

The truth is, there is nothing magical about a pre-workout supplement no matter what the marketer or website tells you.


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