postworkout??

[keliska]

A lot of poople who have clean cutting diet mostly eat carbs in first two max. three meals later only veggies but.. what about postworkout carb intake? I have read that is important carbs after workout? what do you think??

 

[MS]

A lot of poople who have clean cutting diet mostly eat carbs in first two max. three meals later only veggies but.. what about postworkout carb intake? I have read that is important carbs after workout? what do you think??

I personally don't go out of my way to get carbs in PW if I train in the evenings, but I always get that protein shake in ASAP. As far as I can tell it has never hurt my progress.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

I personally don't go out of my way to get carbs in PW if I train in the evenings, but I always get that protein shake in ASAP. As far as I can tell it has never hurt my progress.

Exact same here. I have never added carbs to my Post-WO shake.

MS....am I remembering correctly that you posted some information stating that females did not need the post-wo carbs? Something to do with our insulin levels, and sensitivity......????????

 

[MS]

Yes there was a thread here:
http://www.irontrybe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8323

The study indicated that young women do not improve their insulin sensitivity with weight training, and even worse that weight training may DECREASE insulin sennitivity in postmenopausal women. This is certainly the opposite of what happens in young men, though I question the wisdom/necessity of even young men slamming high GI carbs post workout.

 

[psychedout]

IMO, you have to have some carbs in your PWO shake regardless of cutting/evening training.

Cortisol levels SKYROCKET after training. This is the catabolic muscle wasting hormone.

Insulin released via simple carbs crushes the cortisol spike and spares muscle.


I am a firm believer (along with SC) that your must have simple carbs PWO no matter what the situation.

 

[anthrax]

I don't like that much huge amount of high GI carbs (dextrose, malto) postworkout

But rather a reasonable amount of medium GI carbs

1] to stop cortisol
2] to replenish glycogen stores
3] to "help' push a bit more amino acids into the muscle

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Yes there was a thread here:
http://www.irontrybe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8323

The study indicated that young women do not improve their insulin sensitivity with weight training, and even worse that weight training may DECREASE insulin sennitivity in postmenopausal women. This is certainly the opposite of what happens in young men, though I question the wisdom/necessity of even young men slamming high GI carbs post workout.

Thanks MS. I thought I remembered correctly.

 

[ashley2212]

I lift in the morning for a lot of reasons, but that's beside the point. I find that my body NEEDS to have carbs after I lift - even if I lift later in the day. I just get this feeling of needing to replenish after my workout and I feel like a million bucks when I do.
I don't think there's a right or a wrong answer to this question. I think it depends on how your body functions. If you lift and get results without carbs post-workout, then I don't think anyone can say that you're wrong. It's all about being in touch with your body and figuring out how it functions most efficiently.