Nutrition tips to optimize your evening workout

Do you want to take your health and performance to the next level?

Say hello to NUTRIENT TIMING⏰.

Nutrient timing can be the link that takes you from a good athlete to a great athlete. It can also help with better quality training sessions and reducing the risk for injury and illness.

Nutrient timing refers to the intentional manipulation of nutrients at specific times in and around exercise in an effort to achieve a specific outcome (ex. performance, health, body composition).

Although the definition is simple, the application can get complicated when you factor in workout type, duration, frequency, timing, intensity, purpose and time of the day.

When it comes to nutrient timing, evening workouts can be tough to nail. Knowing what, how much and when to eat before and after the workout can be tricky as you have to be extra intentional with making sure you time your nutrition appropriately before or after the workout.

The upside of an evening workout is that (if timed well) you already have two meals, a good amount of hydration and at least one or two snacks in your fuel tank, which means you get to start your workout with much more energy than you would for an early morning workout (although many athletes think they perform better during morning workouts vs. evening workouts).

Here are a few nutrition tips to take into consideration when planning your evening workout.