stuff21397, on 02 January 2013 - 03:58 PM, said:
Your body surprisingly needs 3 times as many proteins as it does carbs (sugars specifically). This is so because your liver is what metabolizes food and body tissue if need be. When working out or depriving yourself of stored energy, you body will go straight to metabolizing muscle tissue because it is already a protein so it is the easiest to turn into energy (in the for of ATP). Your liver uses sugars to create ATP to help drive muscles. This means that taking in some thing that has 3 times as many carbohydrates as proteins IMMEDIATELY after working out can be very beneficial. I went from squatting 200 (max) to 305(max) over a period of 3 months. I started bench pressing at 135 (max) and now I can press 230 (max). The only issue with this is I had to take in the substance literally within 5 mins of stopping my work out. If your looking to loose weight at the same time what I did was I decreased my calorie intake and i mixed in cardio that really got your heart racing. The best cardio work out for any football player is jump roping. And as a football player you should not worry too much about your weight but more so about your % of fat versus your % of muscle mass. I started of my freshman football season at 190, i now weigh 230 so it worked for me but everyone is different so you'll have to find out what works best for you.
If you're going to take anything immediately after you are done working out, you should be taking in BCAAs or a Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Isolate. And you should not be having any carbs for at least a half hour to an hour afterwards... You are not depleting your glycogen stores from a weight lifting work out as opposed to running or playing soccer. A lot of people take sucrose with creatine after working out. But if you are having carbs after working out, you just wasting the potential of your work out basically. When you workout your growth hormone output is peaking until about 20-30mins after you are done working out. And as soon as you eat those carbs you just killed your growth hormone level. Runners are not too concerned with building big muscles, and allowing their growth hormone levels to peak isn't that important as compared to replenishing their glycogen because they are not a body builder. You want to take BCAAs or Hydrolyzed Whey Isolate enters your blood stream quicker than a regular whey isolate that takes 20-30mins to enter.
Also want to add in, you do not need carbs to survive. Your body only needs proteins and fats. Your body actually creates its own sugar from amino acids which is why we can live without eating a single carb.
And you contradicted yourself.. You said your body needs 3 times more protein than carbs then you said you should take in 3 times more carbs than protein... Then You said your liver uses sugars to create ATP right after you said your body will use the protein from your muscles to form ATP because it is easiest to turn into energy. So if you're saying protein is easiest to turn into ATP, why are you wanting to consume sugar(carbs) after your workout? And why are you saying your liver uses sugars to create ATP after saying it forms from protein?
Your body is continually supplying energy to keep yourself alive, that is why you are burning thousands of calories a day. You're still breathing after your workout right
Your body doesn't actually store ATP, it is
synthesised and then consumed and recycled thousands of times a day. Your body does this in different ways.. One way is when creatine phosphate is used to restore the levels of ATP by converting ADP back into ATP using it's own phosphate bond. And that's what is happening when you lift weights. That is why body builders use creatine supplements to supply the muscle with more energy. But a lot of them are taking the creatine supplements immediately after their workouts with dextrose(simple sugar/carb). Which doesn't make any sense to me as their workout is over. What do you need more energy for. Your body is still going to recycle ATP, it does that regardless all day. You need to take the creatine and carbs preworkout for the energy to intensify your workout. Then afterwards while your growth hormone levels are elevated getting your BCAAs and protein as soon as possible to start recovery and utilize their elevated growth hormone levels the most. Not consuming carbs and killing it.
Now if you are exercising for more than around two minutes like marathon running or rowing, the aerobic system will take over and the muscles will be supplied with ATP firstly from carbs, then fats, and then amino acids(protein). ATP is produced at the slowest rate through aerobic respiration and enough energy can be produced to sustain a person for several hours running or exercising. Unless you are starving yourself or on a big calorie deficit your body will not start eating away at your muscles. So if you are doing cardiovascular exercises for an extended time, then get your carbs in afterwards to replenish your glycogen.
That's some good gains though. Keep it up and you'll be doing sets of your own weight in no time, my freshman year I was benching sets of like 75lbs and weighed like 135lbs lol I was definitely a small fry
This post has been edited by Kirko017: 04 January 2013 - 11:12 AM
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