Post Training Meal

If people knew how much of a determining factor that the post-training meal has on long-term lean mass gain, they would consciously structure their training and recovery periods around that particular consumption period, which is also known as the "window of opportunity" for calorie consumption. Many who write about this topic in books and on other blogs and web sites only touch upon the surface stating that it helps you to recover faster from the day's training. What's not realized is that the post-training insulin production, cell wall expansion and nutrient absorption activity, and accelerated amino acid assembly have a long-term snowball effect on lean mass accrual. This particular meal is actually more anabolic to muscle than all the others (within that 24 hour period) combined. The right supplementation can be very advantageous here. Suppose one does a full high-intensity medium-volume superset squat workout, and starts the post-training consumption period (average is 2-3 hours) with a sugar-free creatine formula like Vitargo (R-Alpha Lipoic Acid or Vanadyl Supplementation would go great here), and wait 45 minutes to an hour to consume a lean mass gainer like ErgoPharm's Mass Meal. Let's say that an hour has gone by afterwards, and you have 1 hour left in the window. Since Vitargo and Mass Meal have a combined caloric total of less than 700 calories when mixed with water, there's actually room for additional calorie consumption from solid food. This is also due to the use of repartitioning agents (such as R-Alpha Lipoic Acid and Vanadyl Sulfate), which increase caloric and nutrient storage capacity in addition to the insulin sensitizing effects of training. Over time, the body's post-training insulin production, cell wall expansion and nutrient absorption activity, and accelerated amino acid assembly improve above the prior calculus. This results in an upward curve in lean mass accrual on the training/time dimension (that is until it slowly inverts, as one reaches his maximum limit). In sum, this is the most important time to eat.


Recommended Product(s):

HMB

R-Alpha Lipoic Acid

Mass Meal

Vanadyl Sulfate

Post-Training Creatine Formula


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