Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

My top five foods to eat before training that won’t make you feel sick

1 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief, energetic monologue, the speaker emphasizes the critical importance of eating before a training session, warning that skipping a pre‑workout meal leads to sluggishness and reduced performance. The core advice is a list of five carbohydrate‑rich foods that are easy on the stomach and quickly replenish the small muscle energy stores athletes rely on: applesauce, dried mangoes, granola bars, plain crackers, and a combination of honey and bread. The speaker explains that these foods provide the necessary carbs to fill the muscles' “gas tanks,” ensuring optimal energy availability during training.

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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.