Sentences with phrase «reserve by carb»

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During the post-workout window, certain nutrients such as water, high glycemic index carbs and amino acids can help you stimulate better recovery by providing your muscles with the raw materials they need — optimal post-workout nutrition requires plenty of protein to aid in protein synthesis and plenty of carbs to help replenish the depleted muscle glycogen reserves, as well as create an optimal post-workout metabolic environment.

If you are on a ketogenic diet (50gm carb per day or less), your metabolism is adept at burning fat for energy and so your energy reserves are only limited by they amount of body fat you have.

If you train on a low - carb diet and skip carbo - loading altogether, you have access to a much larger supply of caloric reserve (from body fat) and stand a good chance of blowing by your competition as their gas tanks run empty.