Is this a good pre work out meal?!

Yes that sounds good. I agree with the answer before me though. Having some protein wouldn't hurt. Maybe replace the strawberry jam with nut butter(peanut, soy, cashew, almond, etc). Plus, it's less sugar. : )

If that what you want to eat, then it's good enough. It's best to not think of food as good or bad but to think about what your body needs and what it doesn't. For example, if all you ever eat are bananas and bread with jam, that would not be a good meal because your body needs variety. And the fact that it comes before a workout has nothing to do with anything. And, btw, you can forget the protein. It doesn't matter when you get it as long as its as continuously as possible over time. Here are a few words about that myth.

Your body does not store protein as it does fat. It makes the protein it needs when it needs it. And, if you're building muscle, it needs it over the entire recovery time between workouts and not just before or just after working out. That makes the idea of dumping a bunch of protein into your system at one time senseless.

It is a common myth that a bodybuilder should should have one gram of dietary protein per pound of body weight per day. Here's what the experts at the CDC have to say about how much protein you need to provide to support your metabolic processes. --> http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/ba… You can easily get that amount of protein with a glass of milk and a chicken breast or piece of meat per day.

When protein is consumed, it's it broken down into its molecular components and used in a variety of ways by the body. Some may be used as fuel. It's worth remembering that a gram of protein has the same caloric value as a gram of sugar (4Kc/g). Those components that are used for replenishing the body go to blood, skin, hair, organ tissue, muscle and more. Only a small amount of the 60-80 grams per day required by most people goes toward building new muscle tissues. And, that suggests that bodybuilder would only require a fraction of the average protein RDA to sustain their workouts. If, for example, 10% of a 60 gram RDA would be only 6 grams more would be required because of intense muscular anaerobics.

It is also a myth that bodybuilders train hard. However, the truth is bodybuilders can't train anaerobically more than 10 hours per week (of intense training) or they will over train. The body naturally limits the rate at which muscles can grow. The most a bodybuilder might burn in calories during 10 hours of training is about 5000 calories which is less that one third of the number of calories a migrant field worker, boxer, or marathon runner could be expected to burn per week during work or working out. And, if field hands, boxers, marathoners and others don't need protein supplementation, it makes no sense that bodybuilders would.

Here's what one study reported.

"What if you're trying to build more muscle? Shouldn't you eat even more protein? Not necessarily. There's evidence that bodybuilders, much like exercisers or athletes, do require more protein but that any more than double the RDA won't necessarily help you build more muscle. In one study, experts studied three groups of weight lifters: A low protein group (0.86 g/kg), a moderate protein group (1.40 g/kg) and a high protein group (2.40 g/kg) and found that, "There were no effects of varying protein intake on indexes of lean body mass.""
Ref: http://exercise.about.com/cs/nutrition/a…

According to the above, even during intense strength training, the low protein group of 0.86g/Kg was sufficient to satisfy the protein needs of the trainee. That amounts to about 0.39 grams per pound of body weight which is far less than the common myth and the supplement makers suggest. Note the amount of protein used in the "high protein" group was 2.4g/kg or about 1.1g per pound. Most consumers in the developed world and certainly most bodybuilders will get ample protein in their daily diet such that supplementation is not required. And, if supplementation is required, the best way to add protein to a diet is not with supplements but with whole food. Hence, it is safe to conclude that the notion that protein supplements are a necessary adjunct to bodybuilding is ill founded and a myth unsupported by science.

In spite of the above, there is considerable information to the contrary which is advanced by supplement scammers who cleverly promote the excessive protein idea with web sites such as this one --> http://www.howmuchprotein.com/daily-prot… . This sort of propaganda is designed to keep the myth alive and the bodybuilder convinced that big muscles don't come without protein shakes and other such high priced junk food. In the final analysis, eating the way nature intended always has been and still is the best way to eat be it athlete or layabout. Eat like an Olympian. Eat food.

Good luck and good health!!

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Bro, you be missing dem PROTEINS!

If you want to be get some lean muscle I suggest you put some protein into your diet. Before and after meals should include some protein.

Take a look at this:
http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/hayc…

No. Instead of strawberry jam add eggs or chicken or some kind of protein.

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Sounds good:)

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