While fueling with a pre-workout high performance energy bar is one way to energize your workout, you could less expensively consume 250 calories of Fig Newtons or a granola bar. All will offer the “magical” energy source that muscles need for a high-energy workout: carbohydrate! Lean endurance take;
The best pre-exercise snacks are foods that digest easily and do not talk back to you.
Standard supermarket foods can do that as well as engineered products.
The main role of carbohydrates is to provide energy. When they are digested, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose to provide readily available energy for the body to use quickly and effectively.
Carbohydrates are the most important form of fuel for exercise and sports activities.
Energy: Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for our brains and bodies to function properly.
When carbs are eaten they are eventually digested and broken down into smaller sugar molecules called glucose. These glucose molecules are stored in the liver and muscles to be used for fuel, especially during physical activity.
Carbohydrates improve athletic performance by delaying fatigue and allowing an athlete to compete at higher levels for longer.
This Roasted Cauliflower Salad is nutritious and filling! It works great as a light lunch or dinner. You get a healthy serving of spinach (one of our favorite superfoods) while the lentil sneaks in some protein and added flavor. Added with fruit for a higher energy (workout) day and you are rolling along. Lean Endurance program tips;
High in fiber to help your body work to burn more calories
Filling, to keep you sustained longer.
Healthy, loaded with fruits and veggies.
May not be the best choice however before a workout of any intensive nature.
Sweet and delicious there are many reasons to chose this awesome dried fruit for your post activity workout. To replenish carbohydrates there is no better way than natures candy! Timing benefits post workout include;
They’re packed with slow-burning carbs
They help prevent muscle cramps with loads of potassium.
They can help you recover faster
They’re a natural sweetener
Dates are a great natural sweetener to add to low-sugar smoothies, energy bars, or even to sweeten oatmeal
