Article: Anabolic Window Research
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Legacyfighter
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"If your goal is fat loss, avoid carbs post-workout."
This is a pretty ridiculous statement. Sure it will help you lose body fat. If you want to be lean, and weak, never eat carbs again for the rest of your life... If you want to jacked, lean, and strong EAT CARBS POST WORKOUT. This is the MOST important time to eat carbohydrates. Carbohydrates post workout with amplify the mTOR response, reduce AMPKinase, and will increase your insulin. Insulin is the most anabolic hormone in the body. AMPKinase shuts down the hypetrophy response, so the fact that carbs decrease AMPkinase is a huge benefit. Also, carbs are preferentially stored in muscle cells post workout as glycogen and much less apt to be stored as fat.
This anabolic window stays open till DOMS begin to kick in. At that point carbs can be drastically lowered or even cut out completely. This is generally around 6 hours after training.
I don't have time to cite all the research out there on this, but I can assure that it does exist. Anyone who is considering 0 carb post workout who has hypetrophy as a goal as well needs to go read Nutrient Timing by John Ivy..
This is a pretty ridiculous statement. Sure it will help you lose body fat. If you want to be lean, and weak, never eat carbs again for the rest of your life... If you want to jacked, lean, and strong EAT CARBS POST WORKOUT. This is the MOST important time to eat carbohydrates. Carbohydrates post workout with amplify the mTOR response, reduce AMPKinase, and will increase your insulin. Insulin is the most anabolic hormone in the body. AMPKinase shuts down the hypetrophy response, so the fact that carbs decrease AMPkinase is a huge benefit. Also, carbs are preferentially stored in muscle cells post workout as glycogen and much less apt to be stored as fat.
This anabolic window stays open till DOMS begin to kick in. At that point carbs can be drastically lowered or even cut out completely. This is generally around 6 hours after training.
I don't have time to cite all the research out there on this, but I can assure that it does exist. Anyone who is considering 0 carb post workout who has hypetrophy as a goal as well needs to go read Nutrient Timing by John Ivy..
tinytony
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I agree. During the time immediate postworkout, if you've trained intensely, your GLUT4 receptors are at the surface to shuttle to tyhe muscles, pretty much whatever you can throw at them. Nutrient partitioning is at an all time during that time. Carb back loading is one approach that proves this time and time again