Carbs in first post-workout meal

[savage1026]

advising not to take any carbs post workout is perhaps the most absurd thing i've heard all day. whether bulking or cutting, it is important to replenish glycogen stores by means of an insulin spike from simple carbs. i usually keep the carbrotein ratio at 1:1 when cutting, and 3:1 when bulking.

 

[Blu Steel]

Savage, this is about the Post Workout Meal, not the shake immediately after training i believe. But you are def. right about the PWO shake, essential to have those carbs bulking or cutting.

 

[jdynasty]

doesn't jay cutler mix a coke and crushed ice after a workout, I usually eat some fruit or wheat pasta, something

 

[borg4902]

Who gave me that idea yo ask. Mr Arkansaw who is also my Oklahoma, Who is also a NPC judge, who is also my trainer. Btw im 207 at less than 7% right now. Not trying to build any muscle, just tryin to drop fat. Many competitors ive talked to cut carbs after last workouts. My last carb meal is at 230 pm. I lift at 5 and do cardio immediately after I lift for 1 hour. I go home and have 2 more just protein meals, then its off to bed.

 

[JKurz1]

thats fine bro...you are training for a SHOW!!!! Huge difference and you are cutting..........when bulking, it's carbs, carbs carbs.....all the way up to bed!!

 

[Joe Stenson]

thats fine bro...you are training for a SHOW!!!! Huge difference and you are cutting..........when bulking, it's carbs, carbs carbs.....all the way up to bed!!

Well, to borg's credit, this thread IS about cutting, not bulking.

That being said, there's many ways to skin a cat. I'm sure borg is very happy with his diet, but it's not to say it's the only way to do things.

I'd like to make the argument that let's say one is cutting on 2000 calories/day. Given the same foods and activity, and only changing the timing of the carbs, you are going to get the greatest partitioning effect around your workout. I don't think that can be argued. Nutrient partioning is akin to eating less because you're making better use of what you're giving your body. So, while one could argue that less fat is being burned after the workout if carbs are consumed, a counter-argument would be that you're basically creating a larger daily deficit. And when it all comes down to it, the law of thermodynamics inevitably wins.

 

[borg4902]

advising not to take any carbs post workout is perhaps the most absurd thing i've heard all day. whether bulking or cutting, it is important to replenish glycogen stores by means of an insulin spike from simple carbs. i usually keep the carbrotein ratio at 1:1 when cutting, and 3:1 when bulking.

Was to him!

 

[JKurz1]

ok...on that note...what do you typically consume PRE workout to fuel youself, say in your meal 1-2 hours before bulking and cutting, does it change?