What to eat before an early morning match?
- Thread starter JackB1
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Power Player
Bionic Poster
Banana and carbs..like pancakes..waffles..maybe pasta if you can eat that in the AM. Drink lots of water the day before of course as well.
JackB1
G.O.A.T.
what else is good for carbs?
Caloi
Semi-Pro
Seriously? You don't know where to gain carbs from? First and foremost, google the difference between complex carbs and other carbs. You'll want the complex carbs, not the refined processed crap. Any nutrition guide will give you your recommended daily dosage of all of the necessary nutrition you need.
Remember this?
The carbs come in at the bottom.
Caloi
Semi-Pro
Little chocolate donuts.
Mmmmmm...a bowl of those with whole milk...
only4theweak187
Banned
Oatmeal...3-4 hard boiled egg whites...bagel w/ or w/out cream cheese
need slow digesting carbs
need slow digesting carbs
OldButGame
Hall of Fame
For a 'quick' spontaneous pregame thingy,...power bars or any of those quick 'food bars' get into your system fast, digest fast, and they're highly fortified,.....if the match is long tho,...blood sugar could drop precipitously as it burns off,...
Rhythm Man
Rookie
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 whole egg, 2 egg whites, sprinkle of cheddar cheese
water
Get a balance of protein, carbs, and fat. Don't over carb in the morning right before the match. Its more what you eat the day before your match. If you feel carbing up helps you it should be done the day before.
1 whole egg, 2 egg whites, sprinkle of cheddar cheese
water
Get a balance of protein, carbs, and fat. Don't over carb in the morning right before the match. Its more what you eat the day before your match. If you feel carbing up helps you it should be done the day before.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
That's actually the out-of-date food pyramid purchased by the grain industry from the Department of Agriculture.
Seriously? You don't know where to gain carbs from? First and foremost, google the difference between complex carbs and other carbs. You'll want the complex carbs, not the refined processed crap. Any nutrition guide will give you your recommended daily dosage of all of the necessary nutrition you need.
Remember this?
The carbs come in at the bottom.
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Seriously would not eat that much before an early morning match unless I had 90 mins or more to digest it. I'd go lighter -- oatmeal, banana, OJ and a single egg. Better to carbo-load with pasta the evening before to jack up the glycogen storage.
10ACE
Professional
Solid. I will also get in 3 egg whites 1 egg. I always make time for eggs.
OldButGame
Hall of Fame
^^^^Agreed.
AtomicForehand
Hall of Fame
For early morning matches or clinics I have found, through trial and error, that I actually perform best in a fasted state. Nice even energy throughout--no crashes. YMMV.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
And Kibbee
only4theweak187
Banned
Well, no one said early morning match.
You should always have slow-digesting carbs and breakfast should be your biggest meal no matter what you're doing that day.
And of course you should have at least a few hours to digest...
Packet of oatmeal and some egg whites aren't bad.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Oatmeal don't spoil. Make a pot of old-fashioned oats or Wheatena. Nuke a bowl daily. Or just smash Weetabix
Caloi
Semi-Pro
Meh-
My point was that it isn't hard to find where to "get carbs" per the OP. I at first thought it was an absolutely ridiculous question and retyped my response many times so as to not get banned from the site. My final answer was to link him to a food pyramid as reference.
Rhythm Man
Rookie
Actually the OP did say early morning match
Rhythm Man
Rookie
This is interesting that you discovered this because i have been experimenting similarly. Last friday i consumed about 80 g of carbs, sat morning i had 3 eggs w/ a little cheese at about 10 am, didnt get to eat again until 4 pm, had about 1/4 lb of cajun turkey and 1 whole avacado. So 80 g of carbs friday, then about 10-15 g carbs sat, then played from 6-8 sat eve. I was full of energy, the tennis was quite intense, and i finished feeling stronger than when we started. easily could have kept that up another hour or more i felt like.
only4theweak187
Banned
bahaha skipping breakfast is not good...
XFactorer
Hall of Fame
What's kibbee?
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
The title of the thread say early morning match. To me, that means the OP was indicating that he did not have much time to digest much fat & protein or a lot of slow-digesting carbs.
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Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
ground Raw Lamb
XFactorer
Hall of Fame
35ft6
Legend
In college, I would have half a whole wheat bagel, half a banana, and black coffee about 45 minutes before the match. Coffee and banana have a laxative effect, so I ate it early enough so I could take care of that problem if it arose. It worked okay I guess. Mostly, more than having energy, I was concerned with not having weird stomach issues from a big greasy breakfast during the match, so I kept it really simple.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Eww. I'll have my pile of bacon instead!
Save that pound of bacon, hard-boiled eggs, and Stout for after the match.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
JohnnyMac's diet
XFactorer
Hall of Fame
Heh. Tomorrow is going to be the "morning before a match" for me! I play at 11, and that'll be pretty early for a night owl.
I'll probably poach some eggs and put them atop some toasted English muffins! Oh, and smother some hollandaise sauce on them! And bacon on the side!
I'll probably poach some eggs and put them atop some toasted English muffins! Oh, and smother some hollandaise sauce on them! And bacon on the side!
