By restricting your carbohydrate and calorie intake, your
body loses glycogen and starts producing ketones that your healthy cells can use as energy.
This recipe has everything you are looking for — healthy fats from avocado and salmon, complex carbohydrates in the sprouted wrap to
restore lost glycogen, vegetables, and of course protein to feed those muscles.
We predict therefore that he would need 740 protein calories a day to maximize his muscle gain (plus up to another 100 calories per hour of training, to
replace lost glycogen).
The body
replenishes lost glycogen and the muscles, in need of refurbishment, actively use carbohydrates and store them as glycogen.
This way you have eaten the same amount of carbs over a period of time, but the difference is that the first 2 days you are depleting the glycogen (fat loss occurs) and then recovering
the lost glycogen instead of stimulating fat storage.
If you've recently exercised and have lifted weights in the gym, say within the last 60 — 90 minutes, they'll instead be transported into the muscle cells, in order to help the body to repair and rebuild the muscle tissues and refill
the lost glycogen.
Glycogen carries water with it, meaning if
you lose glycogen, you lose some water too.
They replenish
lost glycogen, which you need to support future strength training endeavors.
Most probably know that intense exercise depletes your body's glycogen stores, and it is important to restore
the lost glycogen stores.