View Full Version : What do you eat before/after a workout/fight?
Clann
01-07-2006, 01:50 AM
I'm trying to find out which foods can help me during/after HARD practices, workouts, and even before and after fights. I've been slacking off and I haven't been eating as good as I should. I feel that when I eat bad food, it effects me horribly (like not having enough energy, or feeling dehydrated).
Anyone know some good food/drinks to have?
Thanks.
elbowsmash
01-07-2006, 02:22 AM
water is a good drink after a good workout, if you want, during a workout you can drink watered down gatorade
probably the best
Clann
01-07-2006, 02:27 AM
Yeah, you're right. After a workout, I usually drink 6 bottles of water. Before the workout, RIGHT before, I don't drink that much or I will throw it up. Also, my coach doesn't let me drink much during training so it will be hard with the gatorade. Thanks for you advice.
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=848351
There's an interview with Dr. John Berardi specifically relating to the needs of grapplers. I typically just drink some gatorade pre workout and maybe a light turkey sandwich and have a full meal afterwards. During a long day of tournaments I'll typically munch on some type of rice/chicken concoction and drink gatorade.......expect my last tourney where I didn't eat anything for 10 hours before I competed.
Clann
01-07-2006, 03:12 AM
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=848351
There's an interview with Dr. John Berardi specifically relating to the needs of grapplers. I typically just drink some gatorade pre workout and maybe a light turkey sandwich and have a full meal afterwards. During a long day of tournaments I'll typically munch on some type of rice/chicken concoction and drink gatorade.......expect my last tourney where I didn't eat anything for 10 hours before I competed.
That's a great article. Do you know a good suppliment to take that has alot of vitamins in it?
bakedogg
01-07-2006, 03:21 AM
vitamins I guess
you dick.
vitamins I guess
I take vitamins, only c, e, a, and d. And Calcium, folic acid, and fish oil. Also, that workout you gave me is the pwn. Sprints tomorrow...ugh :(
I take vitamins, only c, e, a, and d. And Calcium, folic acid, and fish oil. Also, that workout you gave me is the pwn. Sprints tomorrow...ugh :(
SUCK IT UP!!!!!!!!!1
Anton Chigurh
01-07-2006, 04:15 PM
Flavored water and bananas before. Flavored water during. Flavored water and peanut butter and honey sandwiches after. Sometimes a protien shake.
Alfuh
01-07-2006, 04:25 PM
Hmm well, for working out I have a protein shake (whey made w/milk) beforehand ... and most likely a protein shake afterwards. Sometimes I'll just have a large meal afterwards, but that would just be when my workouts are close to dinner.
When I was doing bjj regularly I would be concerned mostly with keeping hydrated which meant water/sports drink. Sometimes I would have a protein shake afterwards (if I had worked out before bjj) but it was one that mixed fine with water and would go down easy.
Oliver Klosov
01-07-2006, 04:46 PM
eat a shitload of fruits and vegetables.
Today's post weightlifting meal
Subway chicken/bacon/ranch sandwich and a mountain dew. I'm waiting for my insult to drop through the floor!
Oliver Klosov
01-07-2006, 05:37 PM
Today's post weightlifting meal
Subway chicken/bacon/ranch sandwich and a mountain dew. I'm waiting for my insult to drop through the floor!
Mountain Dew? What the fuck is worng with you? That is the worst drink in the history of ever.
Mountain Dew? What the fuck is worng with you? That is the worst drink in the history of ever.In what way? I'm fucking addicted to it.
Oliver Klosov
01-07-2006, 05:47 PM
In what way? I'm fucking addicted to it.
In that the taste of it is about the worst thing imaginable.
Oh, well taste is a process of acustomization. If you get used to anything it will start to taste good to you. Similarly if you stop eating something for long enough, it will start to taste disgusting to you.
That's why I love mountain and hate beer. Plus high GI carbs post workout will lower insulin levels. Low insulin levels are optimum for muscle building state. My mountain dew addiction is a supplement for weight lifting. At least that's what I try to convince myself of when I'm crying myself to sleep at night.
Oliver Klosov
01-07-2006, 06:01 PM
Oh, well taste is a process of acustomization. If you get used to anything it will start to taste good to you. Similarly if you stop eating something for long enough, it will start to taste disgusting to you.
That's why I love mountain and hate beer. Plus high GI carbs post workout will lower insulin levels. Low insulin levels are optimum for muscle building state. My mountain dew addiction is a supplement for weight lifting. At least that's what I try to convince myself of when I'm crying myself to sleep at night.
*holds CHH, and gentley rocks back and forth*
it's okay, man, it's okay.
whenever i eat pasta before sparring i have much more cardio, like 4-5 hours before, 3 bananas half hour before\
after
stir fry chiken or beef
peppers onions with 2 slices of toasted bread. need that protien after sparring for muscle repair. a shit load of eggs the next morning.
I've only been eating 3 meals a day. I'm really trying to focus on calorie reduction, trying not to eat more than 1700 a day. The goal is to lose about 20 pounds in a month and a half.
Breakfast: 3 egg whites/ 1 cup of skim milk /
Lunch: Something at the chow hall, like steamed veggies and cottage cheese, etc.
Dinner: Whatever my wife makes. She's on this new Body For Life diet thing, so she only makes healthy shit now.
I try to drink about 4 16oz bottles of water a day, too.
After I get to 205, I'm going to get back into training. I've let myself get so out of shape that I knew I couldn't do both.
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