How long to wait to eat?

[kshannon 69]

Just Curious, how long do you wait to eat after you workout? I do a post-workout recovery shake, but curious if I should wait to eat after I get home

[Fiddleman 4,376]

It is best to drink your Protein Shake as soon as possible after working out. Within 20 minutes is ideal. Within 1 hour is pushing it. You lose the effectiveness of your recovery shake if you wait longer then an hour, but something is better than nothing at all. Even better is if your recovery shake has BCAAs (branch chain amino acids) as your body knows how to transport these aminos to your muscles for optimal Protein synthesis even more efficiently than protein that needs to be digested into aminos.

Edited February 1, 2014 by Fiddleman

[kshannon 69]

I drink the recovery shake within 30 minutes if not sooner, but was wondering on an actual meal afterwards. 30 minutes? Hour?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I drink the recovery shake within 30 minutes if not sooner, but was wondering on an actual meal afterwards. 30 minutes? Hour?

Not sure about that. I thinking depends on when you get hungry. For me, I eat "dinner" about 2 hours (about 7:30pm) after eating a recovery shake or bar at around 5:30pm. There is typically a gap of 2-3 hours in between my meals daily.

[Scout1234 161]

After my evening workout I eat as soon as I get home from the gym (which is about a 10-12 min car ride). I have not had a problem doing this and I try to make sure that it is not later than 7:00 or 7:30. We are all different but it has not slowed my progress at all! Good luck