Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, 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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eating after cardio

dnold
dnold
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Joined: 2004/09/25
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2004/11/14, 02:02 PM
I was wondering what I should eat after a HIIT cardio session or any cardio for that matter. Should it be mostly protein or protein and carbs?
bb1fit
bb1fit
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2004/11/14, 06:10 PM
If fat burning is your major goal, which I assume it is, I like to opt for protein/healthy fats. This has little to no impact on blood sugars, thus no insulin response. So it will nourish your muscles without any chance of insulin spiking, and this will help to keep glucagon(fat burning hormone) and a relative lack of insulin intact.

If you choose to eat carbs, make them highly fibrous, such as cooked dry beans, etc with your protien.

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