 Post Workout Recovery Immediately after an intense weight training session, your body is "primed" to accept amino acids and carbohydrates back into the cells. Your cells have become depleted and damaged by your training and they need to repair, rebuild, and grow so that they can adapt to the new stressors you have applied to them. I believe the window of opportunity occurs within 30 minutes after the end of the weight training session. That is presuming that you have trained your body hard enough to cause an adequate stress response. Many people make the mistake of using whole foods after a workout for recovery, but I disagree with that notion. Whole foods simply take too long to digest and don't allow vital nutrients to become available to the muscles in a timely fashion. I recommend a very fast acting post work-out drink for greatest recovery potential. Take advantage of this window for maximum muscle gain and enhance recovery time. Here are some Post-Workout/Recovery Supplements: Return from Post Workout Recovery to Home
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