Ep208. What to Eat Before a Workout (And the High/Low Method for Matching Food to Your Day)

<p>Ready to lose your first 5kg in just 6 weeks?</p><p><a href="https://www.coachianwood.com/startwith6">⁠https://www.coachianwood.com/startwith6⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Summary</strong></p><p>In this episode of The Forever Athletic Podcast, I&#39;m covering two things that go hand in hand once you&#39;ve got your calories and protein sorted. First, why eating the exact same amount every single day doesn&#39;t actually make sense, and what to do instead. Second, what to eat before a workout so your sessions don&#39;t feel like a slog.</p><p>I&#39;ll walk you through the High/Low method, which is a simple way of matching your food to what your day&#39;s actually asking of you. Training day or big social plans, a bit more room. Quiet day at home, a bit less. Same weekly average, none of the stress of eating identically every day.</p><p>Then I&#39;m getting specific on what to eat before a workout, particularly for longer or harder sessions, because I still see people either turning up not having eaten anything, or eating a full meal far too close to training and feeling awful for it. Simple, practical, nothing that needs a food scale.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li>Why eating the same amount every day doesn&#39;t actually reflect what your body needs</li><li>The High/Low method explained, and how to use it around training days and social plans</li><li>Why planning for a big event in advance beats reacting to it afterwards</li><li>What to eat before a workout, and why timing matters as much as what you choose</li><li>The exact type of carbs that digest quickly enough to actually fuel a session</li><li>Why fat is the one thing you want to avoid right before you train</li><li>The line I want you to remember next time you&#39;re deciding what to eat before a workout</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Why This Matters</strong></p><p>A lot of people treat every day as identical when it comes to food, which sounds disciplined but doesn&#39;t actually match how your body&#39;s being used. A hard training day and a quiet day at home aren&#39;t the same, so there&#39;s no real reason your intake should be either. The High/Low method just builds that difference in on purpose, rather than either overeating on quiet days or under fuelling on the days you&#39;re working hardest.</p><p>This connects directly to what to eat before a workout, because turning up under fuelled is one of the quickest ways to make a session feel far harder