protien shakes

[RR41mag]

When do you drink your shake? Before, after, or during workout?

 

[GA80]

I take one with my first snack then one after i Work out

 

[Markus Leon]

breakfast, before, after, 1h after.

 

[deschain]

breakfast, before, after, 1h after.

wow, markus, that's a lot of protein shakes.

 

[Gal016]

I take 3 a day. The most important one is the one you take AFTER working out.

 

[Markus Leon]

wow, markus, that's a lot of protein shakes.

time-efficient way to get good protein

Gal016, actually the stimulation of muscle protein synthesis when essential amino acids is consumed before exercise is superior to that when EAC is consumed after exercise.

 

[Gal016]

Taking a shake pre-workout is fine, but from personal experience working with people, eating real food (protein w/complex carb) 1-2 hrs. prew.o. helps fuel them through better.

 

[Markus Leon]

Ingestion before has a proven greater anabolic effect and larger effect on the synthesis then it does when taken after.
If you can work out the best on an empty stomach, with a meal 1-2-3-4 hours before is individual and another matter.