Any of us that have had an early game or workout know that it is often difficult to decide what to eat and when to eat before a contest like that. Experts will all tell us that in order to get the most out of your body you want to eat 3-4 hours before the game or workout. I don’t know about you, but there is no way that I am going to get up and eat at 5AM when I have a game at 9AM and there is no way that a young kid is going to do that. Maybe the fact that I was not willing to make that commitment is the reason that I am no longer in the NFL but am now writing this blog! Olympic athletes that Dr. Susan Kleiner has worked with will actually get up 4-5 hours before their meet or event have their meal and then go back to sleep!!! But what about those of us that are not going to do that in a million years, what can we do to be effective and have energy for that early morning workout, game or event? In this interview Dr. Kleiner covers this exact topic in her weekly podcast with sportsgist.com
