3 Perworkout Bodybuilding Meals to help boost performance!

By: MuscleSports.net

Performance nutrition is an all day job, before, during and after your workouts!

When thinking of pre-workout bodybuilding meals you have to first hink of the foods that are gonna make up your meals. The foods have to nutient dense and easly digstable. Provide key nutrients like complete proteins, slow bvurning carbs and very little saturated fats. Below is a list of some of the foods most people think of when eating before a training session:

Foods List:

Egg whites
Whey protein isolate
Fruit, including apples, oranges, strawberries, or banana
Brown rice or long-grain white rice
Oatmeal
Wheat pasta
Chicken or turkey

Meal #1 - The Professional:

6 ounces baked Chicken Breast lightly seasoned
1 Cup steamed Basmati Rice
1 tblsp Spicy Brown Mustard mixed with 1 tblsp Raw Clover Honey for topping*
*Added for flavoring

Food	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
Chicken	185	2.08g	0g	38.79g
Rice	204	0.44g	44.24g	4.23g
Totals:	390	2.5g	44g	43g
Besure to have your preworkout meal at least 3-2.5 hours before your workout & preworkout drink.

Meal #2 - The Student:

2 Slices Whole Wheat Bread
4 Nones of Sliced Oven Roasted Turkey
1 Sliced Roma tomato
1.5 tblsp of Olive Mayonnaise
1 Apple or Banana

Food	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
Whole Wheat Bread	200	1.0g	38g	8g
Turkey	224	9.4g	0g	32g
Totals:	424	10.4g	38g	40g
Be sure to have your pre workout meal at least 3-2.5 hours before your workout & pre workout drink. Roman Tomato & Olive Oil Mayonnaise are omitted because your condiment may change and add very little to your totals. We also exclude the nutri-fact of the optional apple which is used on days of higher stress.

Meal #3 - The Every Man Shake:

2 Scoops of Whey Isolate Vanilla (Dymatize ISO-100)
1 Medium Banana
1/2 Cup of Berries (Strawberries or Blue Berries)
1 tspn Creatine monohydrate
*Blend with 12 ounces of water and ice. Store in thermos or cold place have approx. 2 hours before preworkout and training.

Food	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
Whey	220	2.0g	4.0g	50.0g
Banana	100	0.39g	26.95g	1.29g
Totals:	320	2.39g	30.95g	51.29g
Besure to have your preworkout shake at least 2-2.5 hours before your workout & preworkout drink.

There you have it, 3 different preworkout meal for the bodybuilder of today. They are all different but each provides the bodybuilder witht he nutrient he or she needs to train hard during the training session to follow. Even though the shake looks like it provides more nutrients it equals out with the meals because the body utilizes food better than supplement when providing nutrients.

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