Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Protein Shakes?

Kasper
Kasper
Posts: 153
Joined: 2002/08/30
United States
2005/08/31, 01:04 AM
I was wondering can you drink protein shakes even though you dont work out? Can someone tell me when is the best time to drink, I know right after you work out or before it right? but i was also wondering if i can drink it in the morning or whenever.
Zenkei18
Zenkei18
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Joined: 2005/06/22
United States
2005/08/31, 11:27 AM
Yes, but if you do drink the protein shakes, I definitely wouldn't put any dextrose or maltrose in them. They would give you a spike but would probably store all your protein as fat or just come out in the end... Days that you workout you wanna put the sugars in so it gets to your muscles faster and begins the repairing process. Then again all of that is going to depend on your insulin sensitivity. But yes, drink your protein shakes on days that you don't work out especially if you're busy during the day and are unable to get enough protein through regular diet.