BTW, I think you may have mistaken my saying "pre-workout meal" as always meaning whole foods. It doesn't. It's a catchall so I don't have to be wordy and constantly switch between pre-workout shake or pre-workout meal depending on the time frame. I assume that most people know better than to fill their stomachs with meat and potatoes just before a workout
. Especially since this is all gone over in exhaustive and redundant detail in the sticky.