The bottom line is that adding additional leucine to your diet is an effective strategy to maximize muscle
anabolism after resistance exercise.
Not exact matches
One study from the Journal of Nutrition found that the ingestion of both protein and carbohydrates (0.15 grams of both per kilogram of body mass) prior to a bout of resistance exercise increased protein synthesis (
anabolism) by 48 per cent during exercise, and an additional 19 per cent
after exercise.
But
after an intense workout, your glycogen supplies are almost depleted so an insulin peak can stimulate
anabolism and the glycogen rebuilding process.
Amino acids contained in it decrease the loss of muscle tissue and initiate
anabolism, which is a lot better option than waiting for a couple of hours
after the workout to start eating while your muscle tissue begins to break down.
After heavy weight training you create a stimulus for
anabolism.
Hulmi et al. [87] found that 21 weeks of supplementing 15 g of whey before and
after resistance training increased size and altered gene expression favorably towards muscle
anabolism in the vastus lateralis.