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Kelevra8283 · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 1

I am currently trying to get my carbs mostly in the mornings and start getting away from them as the day goes on. I generally work out between 5:30 -8:30 pm M-F. Furthermore I generally eat dinner between 9:15-9:45 and try to stick to mainly lean protein meals like fish/ deer meat/ and turkey burgers. I have read several varying opinions on this where they say to drink a low carb shake before you work out and a one rich in carbs after. I currently am taking a low carb protein shake after my work outs. Any comments?

swanso5 · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:53 am Post subject:

best time is straight after the wts and the second best time is at breakfast...all other times carbs should come from fruit and veg...you only need a shake after workouts

DianaB · Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 687

Be careful about a shake "rich" in carbs. There is a lot of products on the market that have way to much junk in them to be classified as a good PWO shake. If you have a good quality low carb whey isolate, you can add about 15-25 g of maltodexterin to it PWO (you can buy malto tabs at a supplement store, they are cheap). This provides enough sugars to get an insulin response. I find about 12g is enough for me at 132lbs.

Training in the evening is a bonus for carb consumption, since you can easily add some brown rice, sweet potato etc. to your evening PWO meal. The you can have some carbs again in the morning with breakfast. Just be careful in the hour or so before training, if your session is heavy, it may not hurt to top off your reserves so you have enough energy to make it through training. I usually have a banana about 15 minutes before getting started, it gives me a little boost to get going.

Happyman · Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 2

What are your goals? ?

If your goal is too get bigger.. Then generally you aren't limited to what you put into a PWO shake. when i bulk i put tons of things into my shake post workout. 2 - 3 scoops whey isolate, 2 Scoops waxy maize starch (Fast digesting carbs) Creatine, Bcaa's

Sometimes even more....

Boss Man · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

I just use a cheap Whey concentrate with Malto already in, and I think it's got a boosted level of BCAA content in it too, and possibly boosted Glutamine as well. Can't remember off hand.

swanso5 · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

you don't 3 scoops in one shake...you won;t absorb it all so you wasteing over half of it...it;s better soread out (say 1 scoop x 3 dosages over 90mins post workout) but even then you just may as well eat protein

DianaB · Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 687

swanso5 · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:17 am Post subject:

great minds think alike

Happyman · Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 2

Lol...... Thats great advice! Smile

I just was under the impression that more = better.... No wonder im running out of whey so fast. Thanks guys Smile

Boss Man · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject:

That's often the case. Most of those manufacturers can make out, you need large doses of the stuff, to get you using it more.

In many cases you don't, and unless you're about 170lb+ at least, a big kick ass level of powder won't get a significant amount of its content, beneficially used by the body.

MY stuff has about 35g Protein and 50g Carbs per serving, (4 scoops). Damned if I'm going to do that, and buy it every 2 weeks.

I don't now exactly how much I take, as I use about 12 tspns approx, but it gets me through about 5 weeks, and compared to what I used to do, where I possibly was having a tiny bit more Protein, I've not had any results / ability reduced.