Is it good to work out after eating lots of protein or before?
466987
Work out before you eat lots of protein. but its always good to eat protein to heal the muscles you worked the day previously or a few days ago that could still be sore. Eating it after you workout just starts healing them up faster. Plenty of rest and protein will help them build much quicker. It does not matter technically WHEN you eat it as long as you are working out the muscles. They will build stronger and bigger.\n\n-Brad
696917
Drinking lots of water before, during and after excercise keeps the muscles hydrated and aids in builing new muscle.\n\nI also learned a little secret:\ntry to eat 60-120 minutes after you excercise. This enables the muscles to recuperate and use the food you eat faster.
721766
It depends a lot on if you eat anything after your work out.  Right after your workout, make sure to drink a protein shake (or eat something high in protein) and some food with simple sugar (banana, 1 can of regular soda).  The protein will help you build muscle and the sugar is to raise your insulin levels to help carry the protein to your muscle.  \n\nIf you're not eating right after your workout, then yes you are wasting it because your body is starved and needs nutrients to recover.
845023
It is always better to eat afterwords.Everyone will tell you to fuel up first.That is in fact dead wrong.When you eat before you work out you do not fuel your muscle.Muscles work off of glycogen(stored carbohydrate) and other macronutrients once converted to glucose through gluconeogenisis or ketosis.These nutrients are transported to the mitochondria of the cells by insulin.\nBy raising your blood glucose right before a work out(eating anything will do this to some degree but carbs are the worst) you're more likely to secrete insulin to control your blood sugar.This will mitigate the secretion of many beneficial androgens and growth factors(not just needed for bigger muscles).\nConversely,eating a good meal or meal replacement shake after is more likely to replace glycogen stores and shunt nutrients away from fat cells(adipose tissue).Always work out on an empty stomach.Carbing up should be done the day before.Glycogen is not stored instantaneously.It takes time.\nYou will NOT burn off the calories that you've just ingested.\nHere's a Yahoo! link that will dispel much of the nonsense you may hear.\nhttp://health.yahoo.com/experts/joybauer...
964184
Protein doesn't "do" anything.  It's building blocks for muscle IF you need muscle.\n\nIf you're working out with the same level of weights, then whatever muscle mass you have is what you're going to get.  Muscles build in response to stress.  If you don't stress the muscle, they don't "rip".  Ripped tissue is repaired and becomes bigger.\n\nFigure that you probably need about 70-90 gm of protein a day (roughly 2 chicken breasts).  You can eat protein supplements by the handful or glassful and it won't make a difference if you don't "need" the protein.  At that point it's just extra calories.\n\nYou're a little thin for 6'5" so maybe focus on adding carbs and additional snacks during the day.  Good food, not junk.  \n\nTo build muscle with weights you have to work the muscles to the point of fatigue -- where you cannot do another rep.  This is done best by lifting heavy weights, done very slowly, so you can only do 10-12 reps.  Wait 48 hours between workouts.  As the weight gets easier, keep adding to keep bulking.
355305
you only eat 1g of protein per pound if your LIFTING WEIGHTS. doing it otherwise will only make you fatter. Lose fat by changing your diet and lifting weights, then worry about protein.
600167
Shortly after you wake up in the morning. Eggs have relatively slow protein synthesis, and after you work out you will want something quicker like a protein shake with a good quality protein, at least 20 grams worth.
703694
1.What foods should i eat before and after workout?  \n\nYou should eat your work out food pre workout, anywhere from 30-45 minutes ahead of time, so that your body has fuel to work out on.\n\n2.When should i drink my protein shakes?  Protein shakes can be drank anytime.  I have them for my breakfast, also for snack times.\n\n3.How long should i spend for my workout?  A good workout should last at least 20-30 minutes for optimum results.\n\n4.I want to take eggs as my primary source of protein.So, which one is better?Eat raw eggs?Boil the eggs?Fried the eggs?\n\nBoiled or poached is better than fried, and raw can be dangerous.
302757
No, not your useful protein.  Just make sure you're eating right and drinking lots of water at the same time.
538585
you should go with 100% whey only.  you don't want the blends of protein that have whey and possibly stuff like casein protein.  whey is broken down in roughly 30-60 mins which is what you want right after workout...so you have protein to repair/build muscle.  casein isn't bad but it is used up over a few hours...which is better before you sleep or in the morning so your body has a constant supply of protein.\n\ntry optimum nutrition 100% whey...chocolate mint is my favorite.
159099
I agree with the last response.  Ideally you can get in a fast absorbing (whey) protein within an hour after your workout.  This is also the time for the simple carbs to spike insulin and increase protein uptake to the muscles - this aids recovery.  After that there are two other very important times.  One is right before bed - in the form of slow absorbing protein.  This fuels your muscles during the long sleep period when you can't eat to keep protein levels up.  Casein protein powders are best for this.  In the morning after waking up is another good time for whey protein.  Obviously you'll want to have a few more meals during the day that contain quality protein, but if you want to make significant gains then these points are good to follow.
199632
I think if you eat something small like a granola bar or something, so you at least have some fuel (energy) to use when exercising, it is ok. I heard that if you do that, have a good work out, and then eat, it's actually better because after working out your metabolism is going fast & is ready to burn off what you eat next. I don't know if that's totally accurate, but it is what I have heard.
860726
I think it really depends. I would probably ask a personal trainer this question. From my personal experience, I eat something light before I work out. Like half a penut butter sandwich, and drink a glass or two of water, so I have some energy to burn while I'm working out. I hate feeling like I'm starving while I'm working out so I like to eat something before hand. Now, if you DO want to eat something afterwards, it's best to eat some lean, red meat, so that you get protien and iron in your system to help your muscles bounce back from working out. \n\nThe only time I don't eat before I work out is when I go to the gym early.... like 5:30 AM early.... simply because I am not a morning person and the last thing I want to do is focus on eating as well trying to work out, too.\n\nGood luck!
260361
The protein from your balanced diet is used for the repair of body tissues (including muscle) and for growth of body tissue.\nBut because the process of growth is very slow it is pointless to overload your balanced diet with protein. As you know all the excess protein you cannot use immediately cannot be stored, but instead is coverted into two components -one is used as an energy source or stored as fat, the other is excreted in urine.\nI don't know much about the fashion of body building but I think I'm right in saying that bodybuilders try to get rid of fat. So overloading your balanced diet with protein will probably make you fat.\nLink to balanced diets:
228271
hi, don't take any protein formulas that's for sure....\nif you have a balanced diet you need nothing more as it means that you are ingesting all the right amino acids and vitamins. lots of weight exercise will give you what you want. all these people that take protein thinking that it helps them built up their muscles, the only thing that they do is to put a strain on their kidneys. body cannot use more protein just because you are having it. if you think about it, you will see that all these people exercise too much and that is what actually builts muscles and not the protein supplementation. there is a huge number of research on that so play it safe!EXERCISE (weight lifting) and a BALANCED DIET. 2 glasses of milk (300ml x 2) + a portion of fish or meat a day will provide all the protein you need for a day.
489546
Protiens are the building blocks of your muscles. When you work out, your actually making little tiny tears in your mucles and that's what makes them ache when you're done and also why they seem a little bigger and harder immediatly after you've finished. Protiens are used by your body to "heal" the little tears by filling them in with more muscle tissue and that is how you build larger mucles.\n\nWhen you're finished a hard work out, drinking a protien shake will give your body plenty of what it needs to heal your muscles faster, and you wont experience sore, achey mucsles the next day.
503488
The best time to eat a Protein Bar is about 45 minutes prior to going to the gym to work out. That is their function. If you are gonna be working out, doing some excercise or sport, it gives your muscles energy.