Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

5 foods to eat before training that wont make you feel sick

7 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional video, the speaker emphasizes the necessity of eating before a training session to avoid sluggishness and performance loss. He explains that muscles contain small energy (glycogen) stores that need to be replenished with carbohydrates. He then lists five specific carbohydrate-rich foods that are easy to digest and unlikely to cause nausea during workouts: applesauce, dried mangoes, granola bars, plain crackers, and a combination of honey and bread. The overall message is that consuming these foods before training will fill the muscle “gas tanks,” supporting optimal workout intensity.

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These are the top 5 foods to be eating before training that won't make you feel sick. I will preach it till the day that I die. You need to be eating before training. If you fail to eat before training, I promise you, you're going to tank out. You're not going to get the most out of your training. You're going to feel super sluggish. So here are the 5 foods: applesauce, dried mangoes, granola bars, plain crackers, and honey and bread. As an athlete, you have little muscle energy tanks in all of your muscles, and in order to fill those up, you need carbohydrates. Those are the carbohydrates that you need to be eating to fill the gas tank up.