Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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pre workout snack

princesslodgey
princesslodgey
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2004/03/16, 05:45 AM
I know there was recently a post about how long foods take to leave your stomach, but how quickly are different sugars absorbed and available for a workout?

I'd prefer to eat fruit or drink milk prior to a workout but I don't how long it takes for fructose or lactose to be available as fuel for a workout compared with glucose/dextrose etc.

tried fitbuddy but couldn't come up with the answer
asimmer
asimmer
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2004/03/16, 09:11 AM
princesslodgey - fruit is going to pick you up and drop you fairly quickly.
I bumped some posts on the subjects - I think they answer your question fairly well. See what you think.

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princesslodgey
princesslodgey
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2004/03/17, 09:38 AM
thankyou asimmer
don't know how I managed to miss these posts with my search
hope you are not too annoyed