If your workouts are high-intensity, you need the fuel to get through them. Keaira LaShae, an AFAA-certified personal trainer and creator of Tabata-based dance fitness program If You Can Move, eats a spoonful of peanut butter mixed in with her porridge and pairs it with a banana. Sometimes she adds a scoop of her favourite protein powder to the mix as well. "It's tasty and has healthy carbs that give me lots of energy for my workouts," LaShae told POPSUGAR. "The protein feeds my muscles so that I feel strong in my movements, and it also helps me to sustain my appetite."
LaShae usually eats about 30 minutes before her workout to give her body enough time to digest the food so the nutrients can get into her system. "I also don't want to have that super full feeling right before I dance," she said.