A lot of research has been done on what to eat and how to train in order to promote muscle growth
. A lot of so called fitness experts will tell you about what macronutreints to eat and in what proportion but most of the times, the time when you eat those nutrients is overlooked. Nutrient timing is the piece that completes the optimum muscle gain puzzle. In this article, you will get some useful information on what you should eat at what time in order to gain quality muscle mass.
Pre-Workout Nutrition.
The diet that you take before your workouts holds the key to your performance during the workouts. Proper pre-workout nutrition makes sure that you get a steady supply of energy throughout your workouts in order to perform at your best. The ideal pre-workout nutrition would include some low GI carbs such as oatmeal or brown rice in order to fuel your body throughout the workout and some high quality protein such as eggs or whey protein so that your body does not use the hard earned muscles as source of energy during the workout.
Post-Workout Nutrition.
Post-workout meal is considered to be the most important meal of the day in order to promote maximum muscle growth.45 minutes after the workout is commonly know as window of opportunity because our body is in the best position to use the nutrients to replenish glycogen stores and repair the muscles after the workout. During this phase, it is very important that our body gets a nice combination of high quality protein and some carbohydrates in order to get in to the anabolic state (state optimum for muscle growth). The best choice in this case would be a high quality protein and carbs shake or something like a banana milk shake.
Rest of the Day.
You can afford to take a little easy on your diet for the rest of your day but still it should be made sure that your body gets a steady supply of nutrients. The best approach in this case would be to eat 5 to 6 smaller meals throughout the day in the following proportion: