Skipping Snack Before Evening Workout Burns More Fat But Feels Harder
Fasting Before Evening Exercise Reduces Net Energy Intake and Increases Fat Oxidation, but Impairs Performance in Healthy Males and Females
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People who didn't eat for 7 hours before an evening workout burned more fat and ate less food overall during the day, but felt less motivated before and less happy after the workout, and couldn't exercise as hard.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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People who didn't eat for 7 hours before an evening workout burned more fat and ate less food overall during the day, but felt less motivated before and less happy after the workout, and couldn't exercise as hard.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 542 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
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Slater T, Mode WJA, Pinkney MG, Hough J, James RM, Sale C, James LJ, Clayton DJ
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Skipping a meal before working out in the evening makes people eat less overall during the day, even if they feel hungrier right after exercising.
Working out on an empty stomach before an evening workout makes you less able to push hard during a short, intense effort.
Working out on an empty stomach in the evening makes your body burn more fat and less sugar during the workout.
Skipping a meal before an evening workout makes people eat less overall during the day, even if they eat a bit more right after exercising.
Working out on an empty stomach before an evening workout makes you feel less motivated to start and less satisfied afterward, which might make you less likely to keep doing it.