Post-HIIT nutrition

[mrroach]

Hi, folks. I just finished the break-in for NROL and am on my week off of lifting so I'm planning to do HIIT every day this week.

I've been following Berardi's "7 habits", but I'm wondering whether the PWO recommendations are the same with HIIT as for a normal free-weights workout. It seems logical that I want to replenish my glycogen stores, but I feel kind of silly chugging my shake after just 25 minutes on the bike/treadmill

I'm also curious about the two apparent schools of thought on timing of the carbs/protein pre/peri/post workout. Some seem to suggest drinking the carbs/protein drink before and during with another drink after, while some only say after, followed by a high-carb meal 1-2 hours later. Does anyone have links to some information comparing the approaches?

Thanks

[Lisa~]

Optimal PWO nutrition depends on your goals. Since you're following JB's advice, here's a Q&A from JB about optimal protocols for Surge. This is from 2003, but I don't think he's changed these recommendations. Someone say so if I'm wrong about that! And I think the protocols are the same for HIIT as they are for lifting.

Going Postal (scroll down)

Lisa

[Kevin Larrabee]

If I am cutting I just have a whey shake with some creatine in it.

[Lisa~]

And here's David Barr discussing pwo nutrition from a strength athlete's perspective.

The Top 10 Post Workout Nutrition Myths

Hope that helps.

[mrroach]

Thanks guys. I'm starting to get the feeling that all of the various tips on the "optimal" PWO solution are very-fine tuning, and that, as NROL suggested, "getting some carbs" might be the most important thing... then again, maybe I'm just trying not to deal with information overload

[Cassandra Forsythe]

You don't need oodles of carbs after a HITT workout if your goals are fat-loss. Keep it to a minumum if you do have carbs. Maybe just have a whey shake and an apple or banana instead of straight glucose. (AND I do realize that fruit has fructose in it, and fructose is not supposed to be the best PWO carb, but it's not ONLY fructose, so please don't bash my nutrition education). Thanks!

[gobbla]

*possible hijack*

Cassandra> that was something that always bothered me. If a person was going strictly for fat loss would it be better to limit the carbs\calories in the workout shake window? if you do a depletion style workout it doesn't make sense *to me* to just fill your stores back up with PWO sugars vs letting it happen from your fat stores over the next however many hours. is that a retarded way of looking at it?

[RobLL]

Having gone low carb three years ago, I see a quandry in post exercise shakes. I love food, esp. real food, so what can I eat after exercise that has 40 grams or so of protein and maybe the same of carbs - I am tempted, haven't so far, to go get a fast food hamburger and eat half, or even a small shake. Also cook a lot and willing to make my own whatever and take it to the gym with me. Rob

[Juls]

I am in the same situation starting next week (well just Wed and Fri)... So after the 19 minute cardio, I should have a shake (water and whey protein) and a banana? What about pre cardio? Do I need something in me for that?