Soooo… Let’s say you eat a hefty meal before lifting. You finish a workout in 1 hr. Surely that hefty pre workout meal hasn’t been digested completely. Does that mean it then becomes your post-workout nutrients as in food for muscle recovery and such? Help ya boi out.
Yes, in theory this would work. In practice, intense exercise shuts down your digestive system and you may find yourself with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. I would def rather work out a bit hungry and slam that hefty meal right afterwards.
Technically yes, depending on the digestibility of the food and intensity of your training. However generally the recommendation is to eat your preworkout meal (in my experience) 2 hours before your training and something relatively easy to digest. This would mean it’ll hit around the time of your training. Protein shakes are so popular post workout simply due to their digestibility; they absorb into the blood stream VERY quickly which is what you want post workout.