whey (protein) + carbs

[vanwilder]

i see a very common problem when poeple take their protein after a workout. you get all these hardcore nubs guzzling down a shake, but in essence you should be having carbs right before your shake. After completing an exercise session, there is a depletion of muscle glycogen. if one just takes the protein shake, in essence it will be wasted trying to replace this glycogen for energy rather than rebuilding your muscles.

tehre are some good links from bodybuilding.com that you guys may want to read on this issue and they really go into detail of what happens anabolicly and catabolicly (spelling i duno), and why your body needs the carbs as well as protein

 

[Recluce]

yea... i've read about this before. right now muscle milk is my current protien choice but i've read that it is absorbed by the body much slower than whey protien so i use one scool of whey and one scoop of muscle milk in all 3 of my daily shakes.

you get the best of both worlds.

 

[MetalFortress]

Is this just when you have shakes in water? I mix my protein powder with milk, which obviously has carbs...

 

[vanwilder]

yeah jsut take carbs with it, it doenst matter. when i do it after i work out i take the carbs like 15 min before jsut to make sure it gets used before my protein for energy.

yeah take the slower protein at night before you go to bed, i use nitro tech night time, ****s good. in the morning take an iso and afternoon itss reccomended a concentrate, but i do 2 isolates and this one before bed.

 

[MindOverMatter]

yeah, not just that, but you need those sugars to spike insulin up since it's the fastest way to get the protein to the muscle.

my post workout shakes usually have like 2 large bananas, which is like 80g of carbs.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Milk slows down protein absorbtion. Your best bet is taking your protein in water with some dextrose (corn sugar) or (?)maltodextrine. The dextrose spikes your insulin levels, increasing GLUT-4 expression which in turn allows your body to absorb more glucose. This also increase protein absorbtion rate I believe.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Recluse - musclemilk contains fat which will slow down the absorption, therefore it's far from optimal for post-workout.

MindOverMatter - bananas are NOT optimal for post-workout but can work if they're very ripe.

1:1:1 whey:dextrose:maltodextrin if you want to be right on the money (big servings though), otherwise 1:1 or 2:1 dextrose:whey depending on your school of thought.