Eating before BJJ

[AKmma]

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

Same as this guy. What I eat depends on how much time I have before practice. I hate when I end up rolling with a full stomach and will always choose to error on the side of being slightly hungry.

 

[Bruce Calavera]

I eat a cookie dough blizzard before practice. I'm not even joking and I get by fine. It wakes me the fuck up and I could be wrong but I think it gets burnt away by the time training is over. Also I eat it on the bus ride to practice which is half an hour before it starts. I don't get sick from it either.

I find that if I eat something like a chicken breast with some broccoli blah blah lean protein, complex carbs I feel like shit during practice. The shittier my diet is, the better I feel. Not sure how it works but it does and I'm 6'2 169lbs lean and losing weight.

 

[MIKEurse]

I eat a cookie dough blizzard before practice. I'm not even joking and I get by fine. It wakes me the fuck up and I could be wrong but I think it gets burnt away by the time training is over. Also I eat it on the bus ride to practice which is half an hour before it starts. I don't get sick from it either.

I find that if I eat something like a chicken breast with some broccoli blah blah lean protein, complex carbs I feel like shit during practice. The shittier my diet is, the better I feel. Not sure how it works but it does and I'm 6'2 169lbs lean and losing weight.

I feel the exact opposite dude. The more crap I eat the less I want to train. The better i eat the better i can train.

 

[rarmonio8920]

Depends on your metabolism, I think. Before, when I was doing everything right (5 meals a day, lots of lean proteins, veggies, clean carbs, drink mostly only water, etc.), I had great metabolism. I used to just drink a protein shake an hour beforehand and I'd be okay.

Nowadays, when I drink a protein shake, I have to sit down for a second after drills for fear of vomiting. It's taking me about 2 and a half hours for that some protein shake to go all the way through.

I think I read somewhere that you should eat a meal 2 hours before, but if it's just a simple protein drink, an hour before, so you don't crash.

Everyone's different though.

 

[SickyGnarwhal]

Depends on your metabolism, I think. Before, when I was doing everything right (5 meals a day, lots of lean proteins, veggies, clean carbs, drink mostly only water, etc.), I had great metabolism. I used to just drink a protein shake an hour beforehand and I'd be okay.

Nowadays, when I drink a protein shake, I have to sit down for a second after drills for fear of vomiting. It's taking me about 2 and a half hours for that some protein shake to go all the way through.

I think I read somewhere that you should eat a meal 2 hours before, but if it's just a simple protein drink, an hour before, so you don't crash.

Everyone's different though.

Protein and fat stay in the stomach longer than carbohydrates. A full stomach is something you don't want before rolling, unless you're one of those freaks of nature, who can eat like 3 pizzas and then go for a run (reads: I'm jealous of those kinds of people).

 

[Sir Galahad]

I eat several hours before I roll. Just water during training.

 

[rarmonio8920]

Protein and fat stay in the stomach longer than carbohydrates. A full stomach is something you don't want before rolling, unless you're one of those freaks of nature, who can eat like 3 pizzas and then go for a run (reads: I'm jealous of those kinds of people).

Hmm.. Did NOT know that.

But the point I'm trying to make is that before, I could drink that protein shake and be fine with training in an hour.... now I can't.

It could be I'm out of shape. It could be that my body doesn't metabolize food as quickly. Or it could be both.

I'll try eating oatmeal beforehand though, and see if that works any better.

 

[bora y]

I feel the exact opposite dude. The more crap I eat the less I want to train. The better i eat the better i can train.

post in white like everyone else.

bruce jokes sometimes.

 

[moehawk]

i eat whatever the hell i fancy whether this be healthy food or delicious fast food

 

[Bigredbear]

Normally, I eat a lot of fruit. It has a high level of water concentration, gives you energy and is delicious in most cases. About an hour or so before I train I have a few carbs. Normally, I prefer brown rice. After training (8:00-9:00 or so), I have just a little protein, normally a can of tuna.

 

[Darth Shlong]

those dollar cheesburgers, I have one of those and Im good to go