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What is all of you guys's thoughts on gatorade for in workout carbs...people say the sugar is bad but isn't that the kind of carbs you want during intense exercise. IF this is bad what do you suggest replace it?
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Carbs, even Gatorade will spike your insulin, and start storing your blood glucose, which is great post exercise, but before exercise this will lead to a drop in blood glucose levels . And during exercise it will increase your blood glucose levels, which can increase energy, but for many people they will crash during their workout, and feel sluggish. I would not reccomend taking any carbs during a workout, but each to their own. You could try it for a workout. If you like it keep it up, if not you can stop. I know few guys that love to pop BCAA pills during workouts and swear by it to increase their energy levels. Personally I noticed nothing. I hope this helped, and I'm sure plenty of people will chim in on this topic, its a good one. |
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For offseason workouts, sipping on a whey/sugar drink is gold. Sipping is key. Just enough to not cause wild fluctuations but to keep glucose entering the bloodstream so you spare muscle glycogen, liver aminos, glutamine, etc. Not necessary, but you'll see more energy, strength, blood flow, etc the whole workout and you delay cortisol significantly.
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This is once again where workout intensity is key. If you working sub-maximally in terms of effort, its a non-issue. But if you are working at 100% capacity, SOME people are going to be hypoglycemic in no time...and that is when I crack into a gatorade. Body structure is also called into play here, because the ecto's/meso's of the world chew through glycogen like its nothing during a tough workout. 20 minutes into a leg workout (even in the offseason with plentiful carbs), I am drinking gatorade because my hands are shaking and I am crashing. Delaying that cortisol is gold too...because according to the last research I read on the topic, its at maximum levels about 15 minutes PWO. So if your insulin is on the way up during the workout and towards the end of it, thats a good thing. |
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Joe... what about during a contest prep...I have not yet cut out my workout shake (gatorade(26g CHO), BCAAs, Glutamine, Creatine). should that go at this point? |
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i was just wondering about this. just wondering where this idea comes into: according to kramer, the eventual annabolic effect of resistance training is in large part due to the immediate catabolic effect of resistance...that a muscle, given proper nutrition and rest after training, overcompensates by way of protein synthesis. not to say that other situations aren't arising from training; and again, to each their own and intensity being paramount i started to figure that in a non-dieting period, where the objective is to build muscle, wouldn't it be logical to only sip non-nutritional fluid during training (except for maybe the last few minutes of the workout) to amplify the immediate catabolic effect and thus the eventual annabolic protein synthesis but during a dieting stage where muscle preservation is the goal and food intake is not high enough to build muscle, carbs during workout would be beneficial. also, what is the role of cortisol in the body in general and specifically as it relates to bodybuilding? |
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I'd not do it pre-contest, but that's why someone came up with the idea of popping BCAAs during the workout like Tic-Tacs.
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I think intentionally shorting your body of anabolic agents (in this case carbs during a hard workout, in an offseason mode) is a mistake. Why not stay anabolic 100% of time? The body is going to overcompensate regardless assuming you are training effectively. I for one would like less cortisol. ;)
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So are you saying that when you are cutting there should be no post workout shake with carbs only protien? Does this mean the only carbs you should be eating during the day are at breakfast, pre-workout meal, and the post workout meal?
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the only thing that i can recomend is that you proritize your carb intake to the standard pre workout(90 mins or so), then post workout, then spread the rest throughout the day.
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