Due to my crazy schedule with a full-time contractual commitment and a part-time business, I decided to give working out first thing in the morning a try. I figured it would be out of the way, and I wouldn't have to worry about that 6:00 PM phone call requiring me to work the rest of the evening, thereby ruining my exercise routine yet again.
There seem to be lots of pros and relatively little cons to working out first thing in the morning from the research I performed. Also, the jury seems to be out on whether to eat before or after the workout. Thus far I wait until after, but this is only my first week of working out first thing in the morning. I'm just not hungry at 4:30 to 5:00 AM, so I wake up, get ready, drink a big glass of water, then head to the gym. If I were to do a pre-workout "meal" would something like a Whey Protein shake be the best way to go?
There seem to be lots of pros and relatively little cons to working out first thing in the morning from the research I performed. Also, the jury seems to be out on whether to eat before or after the workout. Thus far I wait until after, but this is only my first week of working out first thing in the morning. I'm just not hungry at 4:30 to 5:00 AM, so I wake up, get ready, drink a big glass of water, then head to the gym. If I were to do a pre-workout "meal" would something like a Whey Protein shake be the best way to go?