miss a protein meal?

[Scott]

this is prolly a dumb-ass question but......
a training schedule of :
mon -train
tues - rest
wed - train
thurs - rest
fri - train
sat + sun - rest

would it be a waste of time / money having a protein meal for breakfast on monday morning?
you havent trained for 2 days and presumably fully recovered, certainly if you can train mon and again on wed you must be MORE than recovered, so do you need protein up to the training session on a monday or do you just need carbs + fats?

[Cookie]

Weird question but shouldn`t you have protein for breakfast anyways?

[Scott]

Weird question but shouldn`t you have protein for breakfast anyways?

yeah I know its a strange one but its just that dont you eat protein (in the amounts we do) for the sole purpose of repairing / building muscle?
if so then after 2 days of rest surely you have done all the repairing you can do so would a protein meal do you any good at that stage?

I'll probably have 2 meals before I train and Im thinking I possibly dont need a quarter (if any) of the protein Im having with those meals...... shit I could save about 90 bastard pence here!!

[Cookie]

yeah I know its a strange one but its just that dont you eat protein (in the amounts we do) for the sole purpose of repairing / building muscle?

You`ve forgotten maintaining muscle..Positive nitrogen balance

if so then after 2 days of rest surely you have done all the repairing you can do so would a protein meal do you any good at that stage?

You are loading the blood (+nitrogen balance) with aminos etc in preperation for on coming stresses (training)...So yeah you need the protein...remember "protein comes from the Greek word "Proteus" meaning first or most important"....

I'll probably have 2 meals before I train and Im thinking I possibly dont need a quarter (if any) of the protein Im having with those meals...... shit I could save about 90 bastard pence here!!

See above /\/\/\/\/\

[Scott]

yeah, Im sure you are right and the amounts between the different levels prolly arent enough to worry about altering.

[big pete]

just read thru and was thinking 'what about maintaining muscle??'

but then cookie wrote it anyways

[Scott]

so when do you reckon you go into only requiring a maintanence level?
if you have 2 days rest / refuelling then do you really need to be in a positive nitro balance on day 3 or would a lower maintanence level be all thats required.
ok its probably a bit anal but Im just curious if I need to be eating meals of 40g protein 2 days after training when perhaps the body has recovered.

[Cookie]

so when do you reckon you go into only requiring a maintanence level?

Everyday....

if you have 2 days rest / refuelling then do you really need to be in a positive nitro balance on day 3 or would a lower maintanence level be all thats required.

You should have refuelled on your training day, then the none training days be on your regular diet for your bodyweight or goals...


ok its probably a bit anal but Im just curious if I need to be eating meals of 40g protein 2 days after training when perhaps the body has recovered.


You need to be eating your daily/weekly totals of protein everyday and on training days adding in extra protein & carbs for recovery....


Do you follow all that??????????

[Scott]

Do you follow all that??????????

maybe.. so.... if Im aiming for 170g protien per day as my 'building levels' then what your saying is that on non-training days I should be on maintanence levels which would be lower?? how much lower??

[Cookie]

maybe.. so.... if Im aiming for 170g protien per day as my 'building levels' then what your saying is that on non-training days I should be on maintanence levels which would be lower?? how much lower??

You would reduce it by what your post workout shake is..

[Scott]

You would reduce it by what your post workout shake is..

that'll be zero protein then!! just carbs!
after much experimentaion, deliberation and reading I've been going with just carbs in my PO drinl for a while now and just eat my protein about 45mins later.

[Cookie]

that'll be zero protein then!! just carbs!
after much experimentaion, deliberation and reading I've been going with just carbs in my PO drinl for a while now and just eat my protein about 45mins later.

Well not really...if on training days your having 170gms protein then none training days it would be 140grms same goes for carbs in that you`ll need less on your none training days so they could be reduces also....