Today's Fitness Tip! (Low energy at the gym?)

As a personal trainer I noticed a lot of my new clients get extremely fatigued within  just 10 minutes of a 50 minute workout session. In the beginning I asked each client multiple questions about their day to try and figure out why this was happening. Eventually I realized that 99% of the time it was due to their meal plan, or lack of... My clients that would experience this fatigue were coming to the gym and working out on empty stomachs. This is equivalent to a person attempting a high speed chase with an empty gas tank. Epic fail!

If you want to get the most from your monthly gym membership and see results from your hour plus invested in the gym each day then you need to realize how crucial it is to fuel your body in preparation and what to fuel it with as well! If you're like most newbie gym goers I have worked with then you might be skipping breakfast, eating some office junk like vending machine snacks, energy drinks and donuts, maybe even some 100 calorie snacks that are advertised as healthy.
You are excited to hit the gym and destroy your workout, get that body you've been dreaming of. You envision yourself smashing through your workout then you head to the gym, start to workout and instead feel like you’re just getting smashed to pieces. Not realizing you are completely dehydrated and have loaded up on nothing but empty calories for the day, leaving you fatigued before you even get into your workout.

Well, there is a simple solution. If you eat healthy, portioned meals throughout the day while staying hydrated you will not only have tons of energy to feel like wonder woman or superman in the  gym but you will start to rev up your metabolism, build more muscle mass and burn calories even while you're not in the gym. I can't type out a daily meal plan because what works one person won't work for the other but I can fill you in on the basics.

• Drinking 3-4 liters of water a day. Mixing it with your flavor of choice of BCAA powder will make it so much easier to drink and also benefit your workout activity/recovery. I try to drink 1 liter each before breakfast, lunch, and dinner to prevent over eating and aid in digestion. I then drink at least 1 more liter during my workout.
• Eating small, nutrient dense meals every 3-4 hours. This will prevent your blood sugars from dropping and then spiking and crashing once you finally do it. It will prevent you from resorting to an unhealthy quick fix and/or overeating later in the day. You will have plenty of fuel to bang out your workout.

If you are new to health and fitness or don’t know what to fuel up on to get the most from your workouts send me a message on my facebook and I can help you. Facebook.com/krystalbluefitness