Sentences with phrase «eat after a heavy workout»

So how much should we eat after a heavy workout?

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As you can see this workout is very intense and because of the high volume work you'll need to lower the weights.After the third work day, rest for two days.You should eat about 3 hours before this workout and do some heavy (but clean) eating after the workout.This means that you should eat lots of protein (around 1.5 g / lb a day) from lean meats, eggs, fish, low fat milk and nuts.As for the carbs — eat low glycemic carbs through out the day and a big meal of high glycemic carbs along with protein right after the workout.

So after that bodybuilding show, I decided I wanted to get into triathlon (my girlfriend was an endurance athlete and so I needed to impress her), and decided that the best way to do that would be to stop lifting so many heavy weights, stop eating so much food, cut a little bit of weight, and progress to more of a «body weight only» style workout routine.

I'm not telling you to eat like this every day, but eating junk food or large quantities or carbohydrates can actually be a good thing if they are eaten only once in a while and after a heavy workout.

Eating a meal that contains both protein and carbohydrates within two hours after a heavy workout will lessen the initial energy loss.