Four moments. One jar.
1. Pre-workout — 15 to 20 minutes before
One tablespoon before training. The glucose hits your bloodstream within minutes — available from your first set. The fructose follows more slowly, carrying you through the full session without a dip.Best taken in warm coffee or green tea — heat dissolves the honey and speeds absorption.
2. Mid-session — for longer or harder sessions
For sessions over 75 minutes, or high-intensity work where you feel energy dropping, a second small spoonful mid-way through maintains blood glucose without a spike. A teaspoon is enough. No need to eat a full tablespoon mid-session.
3. Post-workout — within 30 minutes
The fructose in honey is one of the most effective compounds for restoring liver glycogen after training. Take a tablespoon within 30 minutes of finishing — stir into your protein shake or eat directly. Combining honey with a protein source post-session is a well-established recovery approach.
4. Daily use — no training required
On rest days, a spoonful in the morning supports steady energy without a caffeine dependency. The antimicrobial and enzyme activity is present in every serving regardless of whether you're training. In warm lemon water first thing is a simple and effective daily habit.
Honey in your coffee — why it works.
Replacing sugar in your pre-workout coffee with a spoonful of MyHoney is one of the simplest protocol upgrades available. Warm coffee dissolves the honey instantly — no stirring required beyond a few seconds. The caffeine and the natural glucose work together: caffeine provides the mental sharpness, honey provides the physical substrate.
The key detail: use warm coffee, not boiling. Above 60°C the enzyme activity in raw honey begins to degrade. Coffee straight off the machine can exceed this. Let it sit for 90 seconds first, then add the honey. The difference in taste and biological activity is worth the extra 90 seconds.
The pre-workout coffee upgrade
One espresso or americano, cooled slightly. One tablespoon of MyHoney. Consumed 15–20 minutes before training. This replaces your pre-workout supplement, your sugar sachet, and your energy drink — at 38p per session.
How much How often
Note: Honey is not suitable for children under 12 months due to the theoretical risk of infant botulism.
How much How often
Note: Honey is not suitable for children under 12 months due to the theoretical risk of infant botulism.
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Amount & When
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How
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Pre-workout
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1 tablespoon (20g) 15–20 min before | Direct, or in warm coffee/tea |
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Mid-session fuel
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1 teaspoon (7g) 45–60 min in | Direct from the jar or spoon |
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Post-workout recovery
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1 tablespoon (20g) within 30 min after | In protein shake or direct |
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Daily (non-training)
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1 teaspoon (7g) in the morning | In warm water, tea or direct |
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Children (5–12)
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1 teaspoon (7g) in the morning/breakfast | On toast, in porridge, direct |
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Children (12+)
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1 dessertspoon (10g) in the morning or pre-sport | As above |
Not just for athletes.
Raw honey has been used as a functional food for centuries — not as a supplement, but as a real ingredient with real properties. Beyond training, a daily teaspoon is a straightforward way to add natural antimicrobial activity, pollen-based micronutrients and steady energy to anyone's diet.
For children over 12 months, raw honey is safe, nutritious and far preferable to refined sugar as a sweetener. On toast, stirred into porridge, dissolved in warm milk — the enzyme and antimicrobial activity is present and beneficial regardless of whether the person eating it is training.
For older adults, raw honey's anti-inflammatory properties and digestive enzyme content make it a more useful daily food than its reputation as a "sweet treat" suggests. The same jar that fuels a training session on Monday can go on the breakfast table for the rest of the family all week.
One jar. The whole household.
At 38p per athlete serving and around 12p per teaspoon for daily family use, the Power Stack (2kg) covers a serious athlete's full training protocol and a household's daily use for months. That's the real value equation.