In the first post about protein synthesis and post workout nutrition I explained what protein synthesis is and how it works to return your body to an anabolic state. To recap: – Both muscle protein breakdown and muscle protein synthesis are ongoing events. They happen simultaneously throughout the day. – If there is more protein [...]
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Protein synthesis is the process in which the body adds contractile proteins to the muscles, thereby making them bigger. Somewhere in the early to mid 1990′s research came out suggesting that ingesting protein directly after a workout would help promote protein synthesis. Up until that time, post workout recovery had been centered around the idea [...]
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