TikTok users are swapping pre-workout shakes for honey and salt in a viral new fitness trend.
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The Honey and Salt Pre-Workout Trend
- TikTok users are claiming that honey and salt is the ultimate pre-workout supplement.
- The trend appears to have been started by TikTok user Kelsey Portillo on April 23 in a viral video that racked up seven million views. In the clip, Portillo is seen licking honey and salt off her hand in her car before the gym. The caption reads: “pov: you don’t take pre[-workout] anymore so you eat honey and salt.”
- Since then, TikTok has been converted to the trend — with “honey and salt pre work” videos amassing over one billion views on the platform.
- Some TikTok users have claimed that honey and salt is the most effective pre-workout supplement — giving them the “most insane natural pump” and leaving them “buzzing” in the gym after taking it.
- Meanwhile, other TikTok creators have claimed that honey and pink Himalayan salt is the “cleanest” pre-workout supplement and healthier than energy drinks or shakes.
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Does Honey and Salt Work?
- Some viewers were skeptical of the honey and salt pre-workout trend and dubbed it a TikTok placebo.
- In a highly-requested video, fitness coach and holistic nutritionist Justin Kelly gave his opinion on the TikTok trend and fully supported taking honey and salt before the gym.
- Kelly says: “I’ve been taking honey and salt as a pre-workout for a while now and I can definitely co-sign it as a 10 out of 10. The salt is going to replenish electrolytes that is lost in exercise and the honey is going to provide a simple sugar source. This will be quick for energy.”
- There is limited health expert advice on the honey and salt pre-workout trend. However, research by Baylor University in 2007 also suggested eating honey before a session of lifting weights helped maintain blood glucose levels better than other carbohydrate sources.
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