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lack of workout energy

iess Posts: 7 Joined: 2003/04/04	2003/05/08, 11:21 PM I usually excercise at nights 1 - 3 hours after dinner. Sometimes I run on the treadmill for 30 minutes before working out. Some nights i have plenty of energy & sometimes I have no energy left to work out after running. Should I not do cardio on the weight training days or try an energy bar or drink?
tarab21 Posts: 508 Joined: 2003/03/31	2003/05/08, 11:26 PM call me crazy, but 3 hours seems a bit much
Ashunboy Posts: 116 Joined: 2003/05/07	2003/05/08, 11:55 PM hmm well today i ate and energy bar...or powerbar and usually i dunt have strength but today i do..so a bar mite work
BIGGIN Posts: 130 Joined: 2003/04/30	2003/05/09, 02:24 AM it might have something to do with how much sleep your getting. are u getting enough sleep? if u are then i might be over duing it alittle! but hey i think u should do what works! good luck!! -------------- ---Kev--- Focus and Lift!!
iess Posts: 7 Joined: 2003/04/04	2003/05/09, 08:19 AM I don't work out for 3 hours, that is when I work out, anywhere from 1 - 3 hours after supper. I may do cardio for 1/2 hr & then weights for 1/2 hr. ============ Quoting from tarab21: call me crazy, but 3 hours seems a bit much =============
t-babe Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/02/20	2003/05/09, 09:55 AM Probably more to do with what you are eating. You've got to make sure that what you are eating is sufficient to provide you with enough energy for your work-out. Also look at what makes up your meals. What you put in you get out.
Ogun Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2003/05/09, 10:08 AM Ok since I generally speak in analogies (and I'm sadly reminded of how Jack Nicholson in, "As Good As It Gets," said, "People who talk in metaphors oughtta shampoo my crotch.") I want to try a simple, perhaps already used one here. You are a car. You fill up for a short trip, and you've got too much. You move sluggishly. You try to go on one or two gallons for a trip that requires three gallons, you fizzle out, die on the highway. Put in four gallons. Three for the workout, one to get you home. And don't use cheap gas. Use the best quality you can find. You want your car to perform. This analogy runs into difficulty in that a car doesn't really gain any good by being driven. Your body, however, does. Every trip is a step closer to the dream you have for your body. Take a bunch of undergas, low-quality gas, or overgas trips, and your body is on this slow, sluggish march towards the finish line, or perhaps stalled, or perhaps conked out and rolling backwards. Make your little trips count, because if you were to watch this process in slow-motion, the guys that are getting to their goals FAST are the ones who are careful in their short trips. Four gallons, high quality, and pedal to the medal. Let the Dawgs out. -------------- --There are no versions of the truth.-- Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park II
Deby Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/08/05	2003/05/09, 10:15 AM I was going to the gym right after I got home from work (about 6 p.m.) so I was not eating dinner before, just, maybe, a protein bar. Then my training got changed to 7:30 and I tried twice eating dinner before I went, I could hardly workout at all! I do cardio for 30 minutes and weights for 1 hour and I was "dead" during and after. Now I just have complex carb and protein before I go, usually something like a large apple with peanut butter or cheese and crackers. I have much more energy. -------------- Gramma
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/05/09, 04:08 PM ============ Quoting from ravenwolf: Why do your cardio before weights? Do weights first when you have your strength then cardio right after your workout. You will benefit more this way. You will burn more calories. ============= Not only that, wolf, but it's safer and more effective. The fatigue from the cardio can lead to poor form or worse, injuries due to you not having the proper focus. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
Ogun Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2003/05/09, 06:28 PM I always do cardio first, but it's just force of habit. I might switch it up soon.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/05/09, 06:54 PM I used to do my cardio first (30 min) then lift. I was getting tired and tried what alot on here suggest. I switched it to after and what a difference it makes, and now I do a 10 min warm up on a crosstrainer, so it ups my cardio to 40 min. I won at both ends. Try it out. -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)