Peri-workout nutrition isn’t overhyped, you’re just doing it wrong
How many times have you seen someone say “yeah all you need is some BCAAs” and they happen to be sponsored by a major brand, single digit body fat, totally “natural”, perfect lighting tan and oiled up at all times? Yeah fuck off. I’m not gonna claim to be a god at nutrition, but I’ve done enough trial and error to know what’s a mistake and what isn’t, one of my mistakes was believing I should be fasted or some stupid shit to lose fat while training.
So if you were to ask me to create a guide around what your nutrition should look like, its gonna be something like this:
Pre-workout food and pump formula, something to the effect of 30g Protein, 75g Carbs, 10g fat. No whey or dairy, actual food product. Personally for me its strained ground beef, white rice, in bone broth topped with teriyaki sauce and a side of 4oz of Orange Juice (40g Protein, 125g Carbs, 15g Fat).
The pump formula I personally like is going to a list of things so bear with me:
2x scoop Gorilla Mode Nitric if caffeine is gonna be an issue or the 1-2x scoop Gorilla Mode Pre Workout. Even a 50-50 split is nice too if you wanna add a bit more pump into the mix with the a smidge of stimulants
Alpha GPC on the side
16oz of Coconut Water
50-100g Carbs from Karbolyn don’t get neutral, their flavors are great and you need something for this size of container, don’t worry about mixing with the pre-workout, I promise it won’t be chalky.
fill rest with water
Drink half of this formula with your pre-workout meal so we can really get the carbs in and saturating your muscles, pre-workout doing it’s thing, etc. Let’s assume it take you 20 minutes to ingest the meal and half of this drink, then refill your jug with water. Begin your drive to the gym and do a 1/2 mile walk, prehab work, get under the bar all within the span of less than 45 minutes.
Ingest the entirety of the drink through the session, if you need a general guide: 4 oz between every other set. If there’s some remaining at the end of the session just down it.
Post Workout Meal generally looks the same as Pre-workout, or have a fat bowl of cereal with a non-fat milk.
