Can I eat bananas after exercising?

You can eat it after most regular training, and it is even a post-workout supplement that many experienced fitness enthusiasts carry in their bags. However, in a few cases it is really not suitable to eat it right away. There is no need to make black and white rules.

In the first six months of my CrossFit training, I was very strict in fat burning and carbon control. Once after doing 10 sets of squats and explosive shoulder presses, I almost fell to the ground when I took off the protective gear. The coach took an ice banana from the insulator and stuffed it into my hand. Within two minutes of taking two mouthfuls, my fluttering feet fell to the ground. It worked better than any energy drink. In fact, to put it bluntly, bananas meet the demand for post-workout replenishment - the fast-absorbing carbohydrates are just in time to replenish the muscles during the golden period of glycogen replenishment after training. The potassium contained in them can also replenish the electrolytes lost through sweating and relieve the tightness and stiffness of the muscles after training. The most important thing is that there is no need to wash or cut, and you can gnaw the skin. When you are out of breath after training, who has time to peel oranges and wash strawberries? Bananas really win.

However, some people say that eating a banana after training is equivalent to practicing in vain. This is actually not entirely unreasonable. There is a girl next to me who dances and performs freehand exercises for 20 minutes every day. She consumes less than 200 calories. After practicing, she immediately eats a big banana and adds a protein bar. She consumes more extra calories than she consumes. After two months of weight loss, she has not moved at all. Don’t you think bananas are the “enemy of fat loss”? There are also friends who have high blood sugar, or who have just finished low-intensity aerobics and are planning to strictly control calories. Eating bananas immediately after training will indeed burden the metabolism. If you have a weak gastrointestinal system and the gastrointestinal blood supply has not recovered just after training, eating bananas that are too cold or too raw may cause acid reflux and bloating.

Have you ever seen a horse racing supply station with fewer bananas? Those runners who are about to collapse after running 30 kilometers can hold on for a few more kilometers if they take two bites of a banana. At this time, no one will worry about whether the banana has high sugar content. On the contrary, you took a walk for half an hour after dinner in the evening, and when you got home, you were greedy and used "I just exercised" as an excuse to eat a banana. You really don't blame the banana for the excess calories.

You really don’t have to worry about whether you can eat it for a long time. If you have practiced strength training for more than an hour today, or run more than 5 kilometers, and your legs are weak and you feel panic after training, it will be okay to eat a banana. It will be much healthier than if you can’t help but buy milk tea. If your training intensity is low and you are still strictly controlling calories, then you might as well endure it. In fact, it is not a big problem to eat half a stick if you are greedy. Fitness is inherently flexible, and there are not so many black and white rules.