 Next question is from cup of Joe. What is a good pre-workout meal? I've been doing Ezekiel bread with honey and peanut butter and a cup of coffee for months But are there better things to eat specifically for strength training? Yeah, boy people really get caught up in them in the details and minutiae of things that I don't think are that important So yeah, here's the things to focus on Studies will show that for performance about a couple hours before workout You want to have some carbohydrates and some protein, okay? Where they come from doesn't matter except for this Make sure it's very easily digestible. Okay, because what'll screw you up? Isn't whether or not you had this faster absorbing starch or honey and this fructose versus sucrose versus what who cares about that? It's not that we're splitting hairs. It's about digestive digestion And do you feel are you going to your workout feeling bloated? Do you feel your body internally fighting something as you're now going to work? Yes, eat something really easy to digest so for me pre-workout meal would be like some chicken Some white rice and that's really easy for me to digest that have maybe 50 60 grams of carbs 30 40 grams of protein and I'm ready to go. I wouldn't choose You know proteins or carbohydrates that might give me a little bit of digestive distress Which we're maybe later on the day when I'm not gonna work out that might be okay Not good before I'm so glad that you went that direction with this advice because when I was competing I actually got into this a little bit I mean when you're when you're weighing and measuring and tracking and never missing and like we're you're looking for every Half a percent of advantage that you can get you start to pursue some things like this like up into that point I never did like it never doesn't make sense unless everything is perfect. Yeah, that's what I'm saying like it like before that I'd already been training for 15 years of my life and never once did I like try that hard at times? Certain foods or really care about that so long as the overall diet was was good in the in the day But when I got to this level where you know again, I'm looking for every competitive edge I can I started to play with this stuff and you know, there's lots of stuff There's people that are doing pop tarts to do it. There's people that are fast absorbing cars Yeah, and they make this case for it and here's the thing that I what I had found from trying all the things is It was it was the meal that just digested well for me It just made me feel good in general like it and you know Maybe it wasn't the perfect ratio of carbs the protein that you might read that. Oh, this is the most ideal What is it when they say two to one, right? Yeah, there's and there's there's there's material out there to read that will That will point you in the direction of what that should look like but the truth is It's there's such an individual variance with everybody's digestive system that it's whatever food gets digested Really easy for you that it doesn't impede on your training that will probably benefit your training the most And just because somebody else does this one thing that like, you know slams two or three pop tarts And they feel amazing and they swear by the pumps doesn't necessarily mean it's gonna work the same way for you Especially if things like that upset your gut So, you know find a meal that you know keeps you satisfied You don't feel overstuffed. It feels light when you when you digest it It's you've given yourself by the way, too I think time is important like sometimes people do something a half hour before your workout For me it was for me it's about two hours. Yeah, two hours. I mean, it's I think it's 90 90 minutes to two hours It's typically I mean liquids are different But for most foods your body takes about that long to to digest and convert it over into fuel So, you know, if you're doing something an hour before and you think it's impacting your workout I mean, it's really not the most of that's not even getting converted yet So, you know find something that you can you can eat that you like and there's nothing to that matters consistency You know, if like maybe you could put together this perfect combination of foods that gives you like your extra 1% in your workout But it's like so difficult to put that together every day. What the fuck are you worried about it? I'm saying like find something that you know, you can consistently do and and stick with that and that's probably the most important I work out fast at every day every morning. I work out at about 7 a.m. And I didn't eat anything that morning It's the it's the dinner before that's my pre-workout meal. It's not that big of a deal That's the biggest thing is the digestive piece really the difference between rice versus potatoes versus, you know Pixi sticks or gummy bears. I've seen people process stupid excuse to eat garbage, whatever It's just whatever digest well and is easy and what you want is some carbohydrates and some proteins And that's basically it really it doesn't make a big difference Hey, if you enjoyed that clip you can find the full episode here Or you can find other clips over here and be sure to subscribe