Is sushi a good or bad pre-workout food?

[Anonymous]

[anaïsGiuliana]

I would say good because you need carbs to convert to sugar for energy to do your workout, and then protein afterwards to help repair muscle. It depends what the sushi was. Rice is a good carbohydrate, but some natural sugars like fruit would be better as a pre workout food. If your sushi was heavy on the protein it will have made it harder to workout because your energy would be spent digesting it.

[Suhmer]

its light and woke make you feel stuffed/bloated
and salt is particularly important for athletes to replace electrolytes lost during sweating, and as its high in salt suggests it would be good

[mutedaisy]

Well, you never know when you'll get bad sushi. I'm going to say it is a bad prework out food.

[Asker]

What if it was good fresh sushi

[mutedaisy]

Sure... I mean don't get me wrong. I love sushi and other raw meats. I'm just thinking of possible food poisoning while at the gym._. It's healthy for sure, just make sure it is fresh

[TripleAce]

It's not good pre workout food

Sushi has mostly simple carbohydrates, you want mostly complex carbs before you work out... the white rice will give you a insuline spike but then drop fast... you'll get tired too fast

But then again depends what kind of work out you are doing... cardio or weights,... or both?