Drink protein powder after working out.

We all know that people with fitness habits are very particular about their lives, mainly in self-discipline. They are not only particular about training, but also about diet. What foods should be eaten and what should not be eaten, and what are the ingredients? What and when is the right time to eat, bodybuilders have their own proper control. Protein powder is very familiar to people who work out. It is one of the most commonly used muscle-building supplements among modern bodybuilders. It mainly supplements protein for muscle growth and recovery. People who have knowledge about fitness and muscle building generally know that protein powder is taken after fitness. Indeed, most people supplement protein powder after training because it seems to be the most common sense.

However, there are not many bodybuilders who take protein powder before working out, because the instructions of some protein powder products say that it can be used before, during, and after training. So is it right to eat protein powder before working out or after working out? This makes many new fitness enthusiasts confused. In fact, the protein powder product description is correct. As long as you have fitness training, you can take protein powder in the three time periods before, during and after. It just takes effect at different times. Different functions. So what are the differences in the muscles between people who take protein powder before working out and people who take it after working out?

The difference in muscle growth speed

The author has seen people who drink protein powder before working out. This person just changed into his fitness clothes and drank a cup of thick protein powder. I thought he wanted to make it in advance and then drink it after practice, but he didn't expect to drink it up in one gulp, and then made another cup. During the training process, I watched him take a sip after completing one or two sets of exercises. , however, he took a shower and left after the workout without a third cup, that is, he did not supplement protein powder after training, so the recovery efficiency of the muscles he trained that day cannot be guaranteed, so the muscle growth rate will be Relatively slower.

Eating protein powder after working out

Looking at that person’s training posture and intensity, it is obvious that he wants to gain muscle, but the protein powder he eats before and during fitness is all there. It is consumed during the training process and does not play a big role in repairing the muscles after training. This is obviously putting the cart before the horse. It is obviously a purposeful muscle-building training, but it becomes a simple muscle exercise. For people who only eat protein powder after working out, even if they don’t eat before training, they may consume part of their muscle glycogen during training, but the impact will not be significant. After the muscles have been effectively stimulated, eat protein powder about 30 minutes later, so that the muscles will be nourished by protein and effectively recover and grow. Compared with the former person who eats protein powder before fitness, the muscle growth of the two people will be better. The speed difference exists.

The difference in muscle circumference

First of all, it is obvious that if two people exercise for a long time, one is used to eating protein powder before training and the other is used to eating protein powder after training, then a period of When compared after time, it is largely due to the fact that the muscle circumference of the latter is larger. However, the protein powder consumed before fitness does not have no effect at all. About half an hour after the start of fitness training, the human body begins to have a higher demand for amino acids and other energy. If there is no food energy supplement before fitness, , it will decompose itself during training as an energy supplement. Eating protein powder before training can just provide energy supplement before training, so that the muscles will not be decomposed and consumed during training.