
Originally Posted by
Gear
So here it goes...
First of all, let's keep in mind that humalin-R's onset time is 30min post injection, it peeks at about 2 - 3hrs and it is in your system for about 6hrs post injection. This is what happens when you inject humalin-R sub-q.
The point of using insulin is so your muscle cells get force fed with nutrients which leads to greater recovery. Now the issue with huamlin-R is its on-set time (which is 30min). This means once you inject it, it only starts to work 30min later. Waiting 30min PWO for your cells to receive nutrients is too long IMO. I guess better later than never but you need to give your body nutrients immidietly PWO in order to get the best recovery possible. This is why humalog is much better because it starts to work 15min post injection allowing your cells to be force fed almost immidietly PWO.
So, there are two ways of using humalin-R. Inject immidietly PWO and wait 30min till it kicks in then have your proteins, BCAA and whatever else you may take PWO. Or, a better way to take it is; inject it about 15min before you finish training, so then it will kick in about 15min PWO (like humalog does). This is a much more effective way of using humalin-R.
Some of you are thinking why not inject IM immidietly PWO and shorten the on-set time? Well, the on-set time is actually not shortened by that much when doing IM injections. Injecting humalin-R IM will still make the on-set time about 20min.
This is why it would be best to use a rapid acting insulin such as humalog as this type of insulin has a super quik on-set time and even faster when injected IM. Humalin-R can still be used, however there is a bit more mucking around required which can sometimes become a pain especially if you are injecting ED.
Hope some of that made sense.
-Gear