Replenish and Refuel
You go hard at every workout. Your muscles are totally depleted of their energy stores. Your entire body has given everything it had. If you don't properly replenish & refuel your body, you aren't taking full advantage of your efforts.
- As you've probably heard before, your post-workout meal may very well be your most important meal of the day. The reason is that when you're finished with an intense workout, you're entering a catabolic state where your muscle glycogen is depleted and increased cortisol levels are beginning to excessively break down muscle tissue.These conditions are not good and the only way to reverse this catabolic state (and promote an anabolic state) is to consume a quickly digestible post-workout meal as soon as you can after training.The goal is to choose a meal with quickly digestible carbs to replenish muscle glycogen as well as quickly digestible protein to provide the amino acids needed to jump start muscular repair. The surge of carbohydrates and amino acids from this quickly digested meal promotes an insulin spike from the pancreas, which shuttles nutrients into the muscle cells.Your post-workout meal should also contain anywhere from a 2:1 ratio of carbs:protein to a 4:1 ratio of carbs:protein. While most of your other daily meals should contain a source of healthy fats, keep the fat content of your post-workout meal to a bare minimum, since fat slows the absorption of the meal, which is the opposite of what you want after a workout.source: http://www.basedirect.com
- After exercise, your main concern will be prevention of postexercise, late-onset hypoglycemia, which can occur both because your glycogen levels are low and being replenished (during which time your insulin action is higher) and because hormonal response to low blood sugars diminishes after exercise. Keep in mind two key points to prevent it. First, if you can start to restore your muscle glycogen right after exercise at the fastest rate possible by taking in adequate carbohydrate, you’ll be les
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- The post-workout meal is the most important meal of the day, specifically for those people looking to build lean muscle. Many people fail to supply their body with the proper nutrients after a workout, which can explain why there is a lack of muscle growth for many of these people and less energy throughout their day. The main rule of thumb is to always consume protein and carbohydrates immediately after a workout and negate eating any kind of fat for at least one hour. Simply put, fat slow
