A long standing debate in the field of nutrition is how much protein should be consumed after training to provide an optimal stimulus for protein synthesis. Let me note that only focusing on MPS is short-sighted at best and moronic at worst. Today I want to look at the following paper which addresses the issue.
Around Workout Nutrition
This paper is quite timely given that I’m currently mired (yes, mired) in the around workout nutrition chapter of the woman’s book. Now, in recent years, the whole post-workout nutrition thing (or more generally around workout or peri-workout nutrition) has become a little bit more confusing than it was originally.
Back in the day everybody knew you had to consume carbs and fluids (endurance athlete) or carbs and protein (resistance training) for optimal results.… Keep Reading