Post-Workout Nutrition
You know macronutrients are important for strength and muscle gains but are you optimizing your nutrition? This article explores practical tips for optimizing diet timing and composition to maximize muscle growth and recovery.
What do you do after a workout is over? Hopefully, you gradually cool down and then focus on post-workout nutrition – but are you doing it correctly? Here are five common mistakes people make when refueling after a workout.
Muscles love glycogen and they depend on having enough of it. Unfortunately, after an intense workout or one of long duration, muscle cells can be depleted of this important source of fuel. Find out more about the role muscle and liver glycogen play in exercise performance and why post-workout nutrition is so important.
You need good nutrition to get the most out of a workout. What you eat before a workout will affect how you feel during and after your workout is over. What you eat afterwards can affect how quickly you recover and whether your muscles have the nutrition they need to grow. Here are some tips for timing your pre and post-workout nutrition.
What you eat after exercise and when you eat it matters. It may also affect the results you get from your strength-training workout. Here are four reasons why it’s important to eat a protein and carb meal as soon as your workout is over.
