Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Nutrition for early morning training

23 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this short video, the speaker shares a real‑world case of an athlete who struggled with low energy and performance plateaus during 6 AM workouts. The coach identified a lack of pre‑workout fuel as the root cause and introduced a simple, quick‑carb solution: drinking one cup of orange juice before training. This modest change stabilized the athlete’s blood sugar, boosted intra‑workout energy, allowed her to lift heavier, and ultimately broke her performance plateau. The speaker concludes with a practical recommendation that anyone who skips breakfast before an early session can try a glass of orange juice to achieve similar benefits.

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I had an athlete who trained at 6 AM every morning. She'd roll out of bed and go straight to her workout where she would feel super low energy, and she was hitting plateaus, not seeing any progress. She's super frustrated about it, so she's like, do I need pre-workout? What do I need to do to fix this? When we started working together, the one thing I had her change is to eat something before her workout to balance her blood sugars and to give her energy throughout the workout. She was scared that she was going to get sick, so we just had her have 1 cup of orange juice that gave her quick carbs and allowed her body to have fuel during the workout. Domino effect of that was Her energy was awesome during that workout, which made her lifts be able to go up, which made her athletic improvement be able to skyrocket and her to actually break past that plateau. So if you wake up and you don't want to eat anything before your early morning workout, just try a glass of orange juice.