{"id":1528,"date":"2025-07-18T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primemale.com\/articles\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:10:20","slug":"should-i-eat-before-a-morning-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primemale.com\/articles\/should-i-eat-before-a-morning-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Eat Before a Morning Workout? 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So I always trained in the afternoon, 2-3 hours after I&#8217;d eaten a high-protein lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, I believed that if I ever trained in the morning, I would NEED to eat before my workouts. Otherwise, how could I possibly train hard? Then, due to a change of circumstances, I found myself training at 7 am Mondays-Fridays, and guess what? I didn&#8217;t have time to eat breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><b>You know what happened to my lifts? Absolutely nothing<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>There was no change.\u00a0Turns out that I didn&#8217;t need to worry about skipping breakfast, I could still train hard.\u00a0When people say that you need to eat first, its because they have misunderstood muscle protein synthesis.<\/p>\n\r\n    <!-- VITALITY CTA-->\r\n    <style media=\"screen\">\r\n    .reviews--advert--v2 {\r\n      margin-top: 1.5rem;\r\n      margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\r\n    }\r\n    .reviews--advert--v2 .vitality-bottle {\r\n      max-width: 100%;\r\n      width: 100%;\r\n    }\r\n    @media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {\r\n      .reviews--advert--v2 .vitality-bottle {\r\n        max-width: unset;\r\n        width: 150%;\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"columns is-centered\">\r\n      <div class=\"column is-full-mobile is-3-tablet\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.primemale.com\/static\/frontend\/Roarambition\/Primemale\/en_US\/images\/homepage\/prime-male-with-shadow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"product vitality-bottle\" style=\"\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"column is-full-mobile is-8-tablet\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns is-centered is-multiline\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-12-tablet is-12-desktop\">\r\n        \t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-center caps zmb\">\r\n          \t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"is-size-xxl has-text-weight-bold red\">Tested and Trusted<\/span><br>\r\n          \t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"is-size-xl has-text-weight-bold\">By Over 1 Million Men<\/span>\r\n        \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n      \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.primemale.com\/order#PM03F1\" class=\"btn btn--redgradient is-uppercase zmb zmt\">Order Now<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n<h3>Here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of how you build muscle<\/h3>\n<p>* You perform an exercise. For example, the bench press.<\/p>\n<p>* This causes your muscle fibres to tear<\/p>\n<p>* Testosterone and protein in your body help to rebuild your muscle fibres, making them stronger and\/or larger*. This process is called muscle protein synthesis.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* The more testosterone and protein you have, the more muscle you can grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Without protein, your muscle fibres would not be able to repair optimally, and you could even lose muscle mass [1]. People, understandably, believe that for this process to work, you need to consume protein <b>before you workout<\/b>, so that it can fuel muscle protein synthesis.<\/p>\n<p>They believe that if your body goes to the well (protein) and it is dry, you will start to see muscle loss.\u00a0Which is true in the long term. But on a day-to-day basis, it doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p><b>Provided you get some protein within a couple of hours of finishing your workout, you will be fine<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Your body isn&#8217;t particularly fussed about protein timing; it is more fussed about total protein consumption over time.\u00a0So long as you are getting enough protein overall, you will still see muscle growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.primemale.com\/articles\/high-bar-vs-low-bar-squats-ask-a-pt\/\">High Bar vs Low Bar Squats: Which is Best?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, eating before a workout is better for you, as you will have more energy. But if you can&#8217;t fit in a meal before a 7 am workout, then just make sure that you eat afterwards. Spend more time focusing on your total protein intake for each day, and less time worrying about pre\/post-workout nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t overcomplicate training and nutrition. 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