Started going to the gym again and sometimes it's convenient to go when it opens in the morning. Is this a good idea and if it is how should I prepare? Have breakfast before or not? Only doing running and cycling not weights.
Fasted cardio can help you get leaner if that's what your after, if you are looking to add performance try a pre workout shake. It's horses for courses to be honest, I do early morning cardio and kettle bells on just coffee
I'll get up and run outside on an empty stomach, IE straight up and out, but my range suffers beyond sort of 5 miles and I feel very hungry, but i'm a eat breakfast as soon as I fall out of bed kind of guy normally.
Tried not having breakfast this morning, just coffee and felt fine. Aiming for couch to 5k in 30 minutes and 10 mile bike in the same time, bearing in mind I haven't run anywhere since I was at school.
It is a fantastic program for couch potatoes, to go from struggling to run for 90 seconds to today (20 minutes) is something I think I would have struggled to do without the C25K
If I'm going out for a run in the morning or bootcamping on my day off in the morning, I will always do it on a coffee and sometimes a banana half an hour beforehand, that is it.
Some people prefer fasted, some prefer eating, the best thing is just to do whatever works for you. Try each and see which suits you. If you start to stall then mix it up either in when you eat, what you eat, how long, how you train etc..
