Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Early Morning Training Energy

18 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this short video, the speaker advises athletes to consume simple carbohydrates—specifically a glass of orange juice and a bagel—before early‑morning training. He explains that these quick‑acting carbs provide readily available fuel, enabling heavier and harder workouts, preventing energy “walls” or plateaus, and allowing athletes to lift more weight and complete more reps. The speaker emphasizes that even athletes who feel they perform well without a morning meal could see significant performance gains by adding this carbohydrate fuel.

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If you pair your early morning training with a glass of orange juice and a bagel, you have just created energy that will allow you to train heavier and harder so that you can get better results. Orange juice and bagels are full of simple carbohydrates, which are going to move through your body very quickly to be ready-to-go fuel during your workout. If you were to skip carbohydrates pre-practice or pre-training, don't be surprised when you feel like you're hitting walls, when you feel like you're hitting plateaus, when you feel like you're weaker than normal. These are going to be where your energy comes from so that you can actually put up the reps and the weight that you wanna be doing. And for you athletes who feel like you're already killing it while not eating in the morning, just imagine how much better you're gonna be doing if you put the fuel in your body that it needs.