Listen up! I really believe in nutrient timing. It means taking food and supplements around the times when you need it the most. Like first thing am and around and during workouts. One great way to really make a difference in your physique progress is to add some sugary carbs pre, during and postworkout for instance. It helps with recuperation, whith going from catabolic to anabolic etc. All great on paper.
However, WHY do I not follow this to the letter you may want to know. Or I know you wonder because I get many emails about this too often not to explain, lol. The reasons are: I have a huge appetite and those fast carb calories around my workouts I prefer to take in as vegetables that fill me up. Reason number 2 is my buddy is the thick built and chubby by nature, or let me put it this way, my little body would love to be fatter, I just happen to like it another way, hence me and the body Pauline need to compromise. The third reason is I am not looking to add more muscle, I am more into fine tuning.
What you should know too is that I use my own little nutrient timing. First off I do add a minimum minimum amount of sugars during my workouts. I am also a superdoser on BCAAs and glutamine as well as whey protein, ALL supplements from AST SPORTS SCIENCE. I take in about 60% of my daily calories in the three hours post workout. I have almost all my carbs at night after my weight training. It comes up to a lot!
If you don’t have a huge appetite you got to control, well, I would really recommend using carbs around your workout. Those do not make you fatter as long as you control your daily total.
Another topic people ask me about is how much weight training one should do. It all depends you see on how fast you recuperate, your age, your physical status, your health, your nutrition, your mental outlook, your sleep etc. I happen to recuperate fast and I tend to overtrain and I still see progress from month to month. However, I would not recommend my routine to someone else. Do not compare yourself to what other people do and don’t believe in more is better. Better is better.
