Pre-workout fueling (Pre-workout)

Limiting fat, fiber and delayed gastric emptying

Strategic intake preceding mechanical activity requires extremely severe qualitative selection so as not to sabotage athletic performance.

The human digestive tract requires an enormous flow of blood irrigation to fractionate dense elements such as lipids or strongly fibrous polysaccharides.

Eating dishes saturated with these molecules minutes before a competition will cause a drastic slowing of gastric emptying.

As a dire consequence, blood flow will be sequestered in the abdomen trying to process the heavy mass, depriving the skeletal muscles of their necessary oxygenation and triggering painful cramps, acute episodes of reflux and an imminent claudication of contractile strength.

Simple Carbohydrate Selection and Glycemic Management

To avoid this gastric collapse, the nutritional protocol dictates a strong prioritization of carbohydrates of very rapid biological assimilation.

Options of easy enzymatic degradation, such as crustless fruit jellies, light purees or gelatinous sweets, manage to bypass the stomach with immense alacrity.

This rapid intestinal absorption floods the blood plasma with an optimal load of pure glucose, preventing dreaded episodes of early hypoglycemia and providing an instant boost of power.

Maintaining a stable level of circulating sugar shields endogenous glycogen stores, forcefully postponing the fatigue threshold during the mechanical session.

Difference between meal and pre-exercise snack (ideal times)

The chronological dimension categorically defines the physical magnitude of the allowed intake.

When the athlete has a wide window of two to four hours prior to the event, the organism is perfectly capable of assimilating a substantial meal, rich in complex carbohydrates and moderate in peptide fractions.

On the contrary, if the refueling maneuver occurs in the forty-five minutes prior to the supreme effort, the ration must necessarily mutate into a small hyper-sweetened snack.

This tiny quick snack will provide useful energy without generating unwanted intestinal volume, allowing the individual to start his routine feeling totally light and physiologically prepared