Sat, Aug-22-09, 02:07
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Posts: 125
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Plan: My own.
Stats: 308/165/140
BF:
Progress: 85%
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Originally Posted by doctorK
In the running world they believe it's best to get nutrition in as soon as the workout is over. It's believed there's a short window where carbs and protein can refill the muscles without stimulating an insulin response. So without elevated insulin you're continuing to burn fat.
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It's not about insulin in this case, it's about when you're glycogen stores are totally depleted after working out, the carbs are going towards your muscle glycogen stores instead of your mid section and after working out you have increased protein synthesis aswell.
First of all, HIIT is catabolic, which means, it will break down muscle for fuel if you don't have sufficient protein intake, thus, if you had a meal containing protein before your cardio session I really wouldn't be too worried. |