Eating before BJJ

[<3 Akiyama <3]

This might belong under "Conditioning" though I would like to know what a majority of you eat on a day you are training? Mostly before you train @ night.

Usually I eat a big breakfast, a good lunch (few healthy snakes in between) and before I rush to practice (takes me 45 minutes to usually get into the city) I only get a chance to eat an apple or a bowl of fruit. Also I drink a ton of water everyday (about 160 ounces.) After Practice I usually eat a small dinner.

Technically I feel fine though last week after an hour of warm-ups, positional sparring, and drilling I was spent and felt like crashing. I did have a crappy lunch (KFC.)

But I want to pick your brains....and maybe we can share a few pointers in here.

Thanks in advanced.
<3 Akiyama <3

 

[Ashton]

You eat snakes?

 

[JNick]

i usually eat the same meal right before class. Spaghetti with a chicken breast and some cheese. i usually have lots of energy until i am done training. i used to not eat before class but i realized how bad that was for me and how much better i felt after eating good before

 

[The Dragon777]

You eat snakes?

lol I was thinking the same thing. Anyway, fast food for some reason makes me feel lazy throughout the day so I wouldn't recommend it on your training days. Make sure you have a good breakfast so that your not eating huge quanitities during lunch and right before training. Have a good meal before training but make sure its not too big. I usually have a protein shake after each training session.

 

[<3 Akiyama <3]

You eat snakes?

LOL just saw that.
and I'm not going to edit it.

 

[Da Speeit]

If it's before I roll, i usually just eat stuff that goes down easy, and also is high in potassium (cuts down on cramping)

Bananas
Yogurt
Lima Beans

then i eat big afterward

 

[Doctor Gonzo]

I usually train days and nights, I wake up a bit early because I cant eat directly before training, usually have something that would keep me going until afternoon. I usually eat sushi when I can

 

[DutchMafia]

This might belong under "Conditioning" though I would like to know what a majority of you eat on a day you are training? Mostly before you train @ night.

Usually I eat a big breakfast, a good lunch (few healthy snakes in between) and before I rush to practice (takes me 45 minutes to usually get into the city) I only get a chance to eat an apple or a bowl of fruit. Also I drink a ton of water everyday (about 160 ounces.) After Practice I usually eat a small dinner.

Technically I feel fine though last week after an hour of warm-ups, positional sparring, and drilling I was spent and felt like crashing. I did have a crappy lunch (KFC.)

But I want to pick your brains....and maybe we can share a few pointers in here.

Thanks in advanced.
<3 Akiyama <3

Banana, few spoonfuls of peanut butter and some skim milk.

Then I start sipping water.

 

[redaxe]

I just eat a chicken sandwich and drink some water about two hours before training.

If I eat curry, eggs, coffee, tomato sauce, or anything that's strongly spicy or acidic, I will taste it during practice, and sometimes get heartburn, and want to throw up.

 

[YeahBee]

I chug down some eggs mixed with white beans onmtop of some pancakes rigth before practise

 

[bora y]

i wrote a long-ish post, so i decided to cut it back to the main points, this is all for me btw, i don't know if it works for everyone:
-finish eating around 90 minutes before i train.
-don't eat that much, you don't want to roll on a full stomach
-drink lots of fluids
-the worse the food, the more time i need to digest it, and the earlier i'll eat it.
ex: fruit i can eat 45 minutes before and feel fine, mcdonalds i need like 2 hours

 

[MUFC]

Anything but KFC and Chinese food and I'm fine.

 

[BuenoEx]

I have a shake that I heard about on the Fightworks podcast with a few changes about an hour before I train. Two bananas, two tablespoons of cottage cheese and flax seed, 1/2 cup of apple juice, a few frozen blueberries and the rest of the blender filled with water. This gives me some potassium, some sugars and plenty of water without feeling heavy or hungry.

 

[Nickynoneck]

Oatmeal 40 mins before slow release energy ftw

 

[EddieLovesYou]

Oatmeal with walnuts, ground flax, and blueberries ~1 hr before

 

[YeahBee]

Oatmeal 40 mins before slow release energy ftw

somedays I eat oatmeal 3 times a day.

I make it in the microwave and I actually love the taste.

I have a number of different condiments, almonds, nuts, raisins, bananas, blueberries, lingberrier, cinnamon.

sometimes I add a little bit of everything

 

[onepointeighty]

usually dont eat after lunch til after i train.

alot of the times since thats like 8 hours of no food ill have a apple or some fruit and pretzels.

I always have a coffee about an hour before tho.

 

[Bathwater]

I work a 9 - 5 and don't know how to cook so my diet is pretty shitty. For breakfast I have a mug of milk and usually eat a banana. Lunch is always carry-out. Lately I've been eating a lot of gyros. for a while it was a lot of Indian food and before that it was a lot of Mexican food. I drink a lot of water throughout the day. I make tons of trips to the cooler just so I have an excuse to be away from my deskand not do work.

I train @ 6pm and usually i feel fine. As soon as I step on the mats I'm good to go. I should probably have a small afternoon snack, though, I'd probably be more energized. Mostly what affects me is if I get shitty sleep the night before.

On weekends I train in the morning/noonish. I'll have a bowl of cereal, usually Lucky Charms (don't laugh that shit it still good even when you're 28) about 2 - 2.5 hours before class. Most of the time I'll pound half a Redbull right before leaving.

I should probably try mixing up my diet and eat smarter and healthier before training to see how different I feel. I think I'm kind of a goon an don't really notice stuff like that. I guess I just haven't developed much of a sensitivity to that sort of thing.

 

[Klaymatik]

I used to eat really shitty and I started becoming a health-nut, I totally have more energy now. Shitty fuel = shitty performance.

An hour and a half before practice....

Organic chicken breast, a bowl of oatmeal or non-wheat granola, and a shake.

Shake usually consists of: Zico base, maca powder (natural test booster), goji berries (natural HGH booster), collard greens, banana, strawberries or blueberries, 1 or 2 Tbps of coconut oil.

Coconut oil is a medium chain fatty acid, that stuff is an excellent fuel source.

I also take Rhodioa Rosea: an herb which lowers cortisol (stress hormone which inhibits muscle growth and creates fatigue). This stuff is amazing and I definitely notice a difference if I don't take it. It keeps you calm and "in the zone." I used Rhodiola Force 300, shit is expensive but worth it.

 

[Chalito]

if i'm training in the morning I try to eat oatmeal at least an hour before class. At night before I go usually a banana will hold me over then after class some grilled chicken with veggies and brown rice.