Lots of ways to gain more energy. Food is your first energy source (glucose).. So any simple sugars will provide you with an almost immediate energy boost. Caffeine pills / coffee will do the trick. Supplements such as ginseng will do it as well.

Make sure you're fully rested. Whenever your body wakes up on its own, get out of bed.. Don't crawl back in bed and force yourself to sleep longer. Don't use an alarm either.. Make sure your body is fully rested. Before your workout do some warmup exercises and breathe properly. Going outside to get some fresh oxygen helps a lot too.

I find that pre and post workout food really helps too.

For pre-workout, maybe 45-60 minutes before you workout:
- small banana or some other fruit, granola bar, something with some carbs to give you a little energy to work with.

For post-workout, within 60 minues after a workout:
- 1 serving low fat yogourt, some fruit with cheese, 1/2 cup brown rice with some fish, 1 slice of bread with tuna
- should be something with carbs to help replenish your energy right away some protein that will last a bit longer

the amounts that I have listed work for me. You may need to adjust to fit you. It also depends on your goals as well. If you are trying to put on weight, you might want to eat pre and post workout food in addition to your normal diet. If you are trying to lose weight, you might want to take the pre and post food amounts from your existing diet so that you eat the same amount, just at different times and spread out.

Peace out...Side

Check out your iron levels, too. You may be anemic (do you have nosebleeds often or do you eat very little meat?) iron-poor blood makes people very tired easily. Maybe go to a doctor & get a blood test just to rule it out.

Check out your iron levels, too. You may be anemic (do you have nosebleeds often or do you eat very little meat?) iron-poor blood makes people very tired easily. Maybe go to a doctor & get a blood test just to rule it out.

Check out your iron levels, too. You may be anemic (do you have nosebleeds often or do you eat very little meat?) iron-poor blood makes people very tired easily. Maybe go to a doctor & get a blood test just to rule it out.

You may also want to get your blood tested, because one symptom of anemia is tiredness. Maybe you need some iron in your blood. Check it out at a doctor's office.

Have there been any studies done as to whether using natural weight loss pills to increase energy is bad for you? I was on a diet, got a product lost the weight and got a serious boost as well. I work out three times a week and am close (enough anyway) to my target weight - but I still take the pills sometimes - I take half the dose they recommend for weight loss. I think the active ingredient is guarana - lots of others though, but they're all natural herbs and stuff. Not ephedra (heart attack!). Good, bad, does anyone know?