I wake up at 5 am and take my morning supplements including ZMA. I then workout around 5:30 and don’t have anything until about 7 which is my post-workout protein.
Additionally, I recently ordered Alpha Male and Rhodiola and will be adding those to the morning supplement regimen at 5 am.
Is that ~2 hour window enough time to give these products for absorption? Would a smaller window be okay? I ask because I’d like to experiment with pre-workout carbs but don’t want to affect the supplements. So, could I take the supplements at 5 and then pre-workout carbs at 5:30 as I’m starting my workout?
By the way, I know ZMA is generally dosed at night but I dose it in the morning because I do my multi-vitamin at night and they’re not supposed to be dosed together. I take my multi at night with dinner because it has Vitamin C in it which causes my ADHD med to be excreted rapidly and stop working (amphetamine class interaction). I’d take my ADHD med a little later but it takes a solid 1.5-2 hours to kick in and lasts for about 14-16 hours so that’s just not an option. So, that’s why ZMA gets taken in the morning.