Ever wondered what you should be eating post-workout? Pre-workout? If you should be eating anything near your workout time?
If you have these questions, you can thank the nutritional trends in the past 20 years for that. Bodybuilders and supplement companies have popularized the notion that you need to consume protein immediately post-workout in order to maximize recovery.
But how much of this is a myth, and what about it is actually true?
Watch the video to below to find out!
(Reference: http://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-10-53)
While you may not need to eat protein immediately after your workout, you can still benefit from consuming it in a certain time period either before or after your workout.
With this information, you should be able to increase your energy during workouts and your recovery after.
