Basic nutrition for getting sexy arms is not too hard to follow. And if you ignore all the marketing hype and fads, it’s relatively simple to understand.
Unfortunately, there are specific scenarios when advanced nutrition is needed. You can’t stick to the basics or else you may set back your sexy arm mission.
One tricky area is when you exercise very early in the morning. Since your body is coming out of a fasted state, you have to be very precise with your nutrition.
Thus, without further ado, here are some tips for early morning workout nutrition:
1. First priority is to drink. Water, not booze! You are severely dehydrated when you wake up whether you feel it or not. So drink at least 2 cups of water immediately-do this before anything else. You also need to rehydrate or else you won’t be able to digest breakfast.
2. If you’re going to exercise 3 hours after waking up. Have a full breakfast with food items from the following groups: protein, carbohydrates, fat and vegetables. This is the schedule I personally recommend.
3. When the workout is 1 hour upon waking. You need some carbs and some fat to slow down the digestion of the carbs. A good choice here would be a peanut butter sandwich. And make sure the bread is whole grain, no high fructose corn syrup allowed!
4. Exercising 10 minutes after rising. You are going to need some liquid or gel-like carbohydrates here. You could have a supplement like power gel for Gu. Or you could make your own shake with maltodextrin or dextrose and casein protein. It’s essential you have fast digesting carbs before exercising so that you don’t black out. Blacking out is not worth it no matter how badly you want sexy arms!
Exercising right after waking up is not good for you. It’s simply too hard for the female body to digest food so quickly. If you do this, you’re most likely going to start exercising while still in the fasted state-not a good thing if you’re trying to get sexy arms! So try to give yourself at LEAST 30 minutes between eating and exercising in the morning.
