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hello fellow hackers,

My life has been very busy lately and often i don't get the chance to work out before dinner.
i have always though it was good to work out some time before a bigger meal (like dinner)
my family normally has dinner around 6 ish. I was wondering how bad is it to work out at 8 - 9 ish

And is this even a problem?
now think of it i expect quite a lot of you might work out after dinner?

I can't think of any reason not to work out late. Just make sure it's not too soon after eating.

ok

yeah i was thinking maybe you'll end up with to little nutrition for recovery because you'll only have one smaller meal before bed time.
Or something along those lines.

but i guess thats not true then.

thanks for your reply.

I'd still have a recovery shake after no matter how late it was.

dsharp is correct - no real reason not to do it when you can do it, and definitely put away some protein after. Would suggest straight whey, or whey & casein if it's going to be the last of your nutrition for the day. The whole timing thing is overblown - the only demonstrated and researched metabolic advantage I am aware of is aerobic exercise in the morning while still fasting does induce ketosis, but really, so does a ketogenic diet like MANS or GLAD or TSPA. Way more important to get the workout in than to fret over when it gets done.

In Tim Ferris's book he says ideal time is 8-10 hours after waking up.
I round it off and get to the gym by 30 minutes after waking up. . .