My paleo diet (a little less than a year) heretofore consisted of a lot of fatty cuts of grass - fed lamb, perhaps ungodly amounts of (usually clarified) pasture butter, at least two pastured eggs per day, half a pound of spinach per day, and enough potato to
replete my glycogen stores.
Otherwise, I'm using SS to
replete glycogen (as I'm showing on these 3 days).
Just as with the pre-workout meal, you want to eat a combination of protein (for muscle recovery and building) and carbs (to
replete glycogen stores).
So you're
repleting the glycogen which will have some anabolic effects and it will uhm — it will help lower cortisol, too.
Not exact matches
You've burned part of your
glycogen reserve that will be
replete if you down an energy drink or another carb source after your workout.
Interesting to note that for athletes fructose does have an especially positive effect on replenishing
glycogen stores in the liver as the body becomes energy depleted, instead of the fructose becoming fat as is the case for energy
replete people.
To optimize and expedite the recovery process, athletes need to rehydrate and replenish lost stores, with a goal of
repleting 100 - 150 % of body mass losses within one hour of exercise cessation (side note:
repleting 150 % may be hard on the stomach for heavy sweaters).1 Endurance athletes especially should replenish with water, sodium, and carbohydrate within the first hour after exercise to ensure the highest rates of
glycogen (our stored energy) resynthesis.15 Recovery drinks with protein have been reported to maximize protein synthesis rates, consisting of approximately 0.2 — 0.4 g / kg / h protein and 0.8 g / kg / h of carbohydrates.16 Chocolate milk has a nice carbohydrate to protein ratio of 4:1 and is an inexpensive, but still palatable, recovery option.17
Carbs are also necessary to
replete muscle
glycogen stores that your body then utilizes for energy during your next strength training workout.
Getting glucose tolerance back in line involves enabling the liver to store
glycogen properly, reducing stress hormones, becoming nutrient
replete, reducing PUFA, proper sleep, etc..