Recovery meals following resistance training are particularly important for those looking to build lean muscle, or who are training at high intensity or frequency — think twice a day or less than 12 hours between sessions.
Not exact matches
«Due to the higher levels of protein synthesis
following resistance training, the post-workout
meal can be an important time for the delivery of protein for maximal muscle
recovery.
This means that a
meal immediately
following your workout will be stored most efficiently: mostly as glycogen for muscle stores, burned as energy immediately to help with the
recovery process, with minimal amounts stored as fat.
Another major focus of
recovery immediately
following exercise has to do with replenishing energy stores and fluids lost during exercise and optimizing protein synthesis (the process of increasing the protein content of muscle cells, preventing muscle breakdown and increasing muscle size) by eating the right foods in the post-exercise
meal.