are you hindering gains if you dont have carbs post-workout?

[REDMACHINE]

Just Wondering how bad it was if on a low carb diet?

 

[satchboogie]

yes.

 

[Senior Woonaki]

eating simple carbs post workout is a good idea..
simple carbs increase insulin . The insulin increase enables you to pump more nutrients into your muscle...

great article:
http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/puzzle_1.htm

 

[jay_the_man]

Thanks for that link. excellent article..

btw, part 2 of the article:
http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/puzzle_2.htm

 

[jay_the_man]

The article basically says for non-endurance trainers to eat:

.08grams Carbs per kg Bodyweight
.04grams Protein per kg Bodyweight

immediately after workout.

Could you or anyone recommend a excellent sample post drink? He says liquid nutrition is best tolerated.. Based on my weight it would need to be 33protein, 66carbs. I have been drinking a plain 50gram protein Isopure shake post workout.


"One study showed that if the post-workout beverage was consumed immediately after training, glycogen synthesis was three times higher than if the beverage was consumed just two hours later. So the sooner you drink the drink, the better the recovery rate.

Secondly, with respect to the types of carbohydrate and protein to consume, it's clear that immediately after training, liquid nutrition is best tolerated (8,15). Since liquid nutrition is more rapidly digested and absorbed, nutrients are more rapidly delivered to the muscle."

 

[Burning_Inside]

Go with some phosphagen HP..Creatine cant hurt. It's dextrose and maltodextrin I believe.

 

[Senior Woonaki]

or you can order maltodextrin from protein factory
whey from allthewhey.com...

You could mix creatine with that too... to take advantage of the insulin spike..

 

[REDMACHINE]

Thanks to all....is there no way to give karma in this forum?

 

[REDMACHINE]

Wasn't showing up for some reason, I found it now.

 

[AlbinoAssassin]

I think skipping carbs post-workout is hell on your muscles, they will stay catabolic and go flat if you don't refill your glycogen. You will know when you are depleted you will lose your pump or just not get one at all. I think it is very hard to maintain muscle when you don't refuel it after weight training. Your strength and size will diminish. Post-wokrout you will not store carbs as fat unless you eat 100's of grams.