Coach Charlotte is back and this week she sits down to discuss why you SHOULDN'T—under any circumstance—be training fasted. Hot take? Stay with us.

Despite its popularity, she makes a compelling case for why training on an empty stomach may actually be doing more harm than good.

Training fasted inhibits muscle growth and there is actually data showing that this can lead to dropping lean mass first when in a caloric deficit.

In this episode, Charlotte breaks down the advantages of fueling your workouts with a pre-workout meal and shares practical strategies to make it work even when training early in the morning. Your meal doesn’t have to be extravagant, it just needs to be enough to fuel your session.

As always, it is our goal not only to supply you, the listener, with valuable insights on the topics or questions but also to plant some seeds for further research and thought. Be sure to like and subscribe and leave us a review if you loved this episode!

Timestamps:

(0:00) Introducing today's topic

(0:24) Why you DON'T want to go into your training fasted

(3:34) How to fuel your training sessions (even if they're early morning)

(9:32) Final thoughts & a challenge to you

Additional Resources:

Study #1 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20452283/

Study #2 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38783864/

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