Carnivore, OMAD & Workouts

[mdunavant]

Hello.  I've been on Carnivore almost 7 months and have been OMAD (supper in the evening only) for the last 2 months.  I'm seeing great success in weight loss and other areas like sleep apnea and blood pressure.  I want to start working out again.  Mainly cardio at first and quickly adding some light strength training, nothing crazy.

For those of you doing OMAD and working out, what's the best time for that workout?  For me, I basically have two choices, early before work about 5:30 - 6:30am or after work about 4-5pm.  Early actually works better for me because it doesn't take away from my evening family time but I'd like to hear any success or failures you guys have had in this area.

I know my experience will likely be different than y'all's and I'll have to just try it but I still want to hear what worked and what didn't in your case.

[Meathead]

What I hear most do is before putting coffee or food in your stomach is to do workout.  Burning your glycogen up and kick start fat burning. 

[mdunavant]

Thanks for that input, Curt.  I do drink plenty of black coffee in the morning.

[Meathead]

Here's a knowledgeable person on this. 

@KetoKamp

Might be the egg fast video where he explains I forget. 

 

Edited November 20, 2024 by Meathead

[Orweller]

3 hours ago, mdunavant said:

Hello.  I've been on Carnivore almost 7 months and have been OMAD (supper in the evening only) for the last 2 months.  I'm seeing great success in weight loss and other areas like sleep apnea and blood pressure.  I want to start working out again.  Mainly cardio at first and quickly adding some light strength training, nothing crazy.

For those of you doing OMAD and working out, what's the best time for that workout?  For me, I basically have two choices, early before work about 5:30 - 6:30am or after work about 4-5pm.  Early actually works better for me because it doesn't take away from my evening family time but I'd like to hear any success or failures you guys have had in this area.

I know my experience will likely be different than y'all's and I'll have to just try it but I still want to hear what worked and what didn't in your case.

Early, always. I'd keep the workouts short, about 30 minutes. Every other day. That's more than enough. 
And never do cardio for weight-loss, do it for heart health, you cannot outrun a diet. So and hour and a half per week is more than enough. 

That's just my view on it and has worked for me for 15 yrs now. 

[Scott F.]

I work rotating swing shifts so my workouts are early in the mornings on my days off. I try to stagger and skip a day to get to two of my rest days are on my dayshifts so I don't have to get up at 3:30-4:00 in the morning.

I feel better if I work out in the morning vs. the evening. 

I had been on OMAD for the most part until about a month or so ago. I have progressed in the gym over the last few months to where the work has increased in both weight and alternate between volume and intensity. 

My workouts are about 40-45 minutes. I don't follow the norm and rest X number of minutes between sets. I just roll thru. I come home and walk between 3 and four miles. 

I'm thinking if you can get the work in and then get the rest in as well, the schedule is what works best for you. 

Scott