Pre workout meals are important to ensure that we get enough energy and hit optimum performance during our exercise regime. These meals help your body perform better and recover faster. Pre-workout meals can be taken 3 hours to up to 30 minutes prior to the workout. Depending on the intensity, type of training and overall diet, you would need to pair appropriate amount of carbohydrates and protein. Carbohydrates helps maximize glycogen stores for high intensity exercise while fat fuels body for longer, less intense workouts. Protein, meanwhile, improves muscle synthesis and aids recovery.
Here is my easy to prepare recipe and hope you enjoy!
Pre time: 10 mins | Cook time: zero
- 2 servings LivStrong (2 sachet or 12 scoops)
- 200ml cold water
- Optional: add 1 chopped banana and/or 2 tablespoon your favorite peanut or almond butter
Directions:
- In a bowl, dissolve LivStrong into small amount of warm water. Add the rest of the cold water to desired consistency
- For better results, add chopped bananas, 2 tablespoon peanut or almond butter, and LivStrong drink into a blender and blend until the bananas and peanut/almond butter is fully incorporated to the mixture
- Serve and enjoy!
The basic recipe gets you 20.8g of protein (the Diabetes variant is 26g) and the additional 2 tablespoon of peanut or almond butter is additional 6g of protein.
More resources: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/eat-before-workout#timing