pwo shake trouble

[vic99]

I have been doing the typical dextrose/whey post workout shake at 40 whey and 60 dex. Every time I drink it after I work out I feel very tired about 15 minutes after I drink it. I was doing slin with it and thought it was the slin. Now that I have stopped slin I still feel the same way after I drink the shake. I have no energy for about 1 hr after. I could take a nap immediately. Am I inslin sensitive? WHat are my other options. I have considered maybe whey and a bagel or something with a lower GI rate. Help.

[Giants11]

I have been doing the typical dextrose/whey post workout shake at 40 whey and 60 dex. Every time I drink it after I work out I feel very tired about 15 minutes after I drink it. I was doing slin with it and thought it was the slin. Now that I have stopped slin I still feel the same way after I drink the shake. I have no energy for about 1 hr after. I could take a nap immediately. Am I inslin sensitive? WHat are my other options. I have considered maybe whey and a bagel or something with a lower GI rate. Help.

Yes eating a bagel will def help. You are getting tired due to a crash in blood sugar.

[usualsuspect]

In order to keep my GH levels elavated, I try not to eat anything after my workout for at least an hour or two. Starting doing this regularly within the last yr or so and noticied a remarkable improvement (body comp, muscularity, fat-loss, fatigue, performance, mental well-being...the whole-nine).

From what we now know, glucose shuts down gene expression in the muscle and produces free radical damage that may send the muscle cell into its death by apoptosis program.

Even more, when you ingest dextrose you alter the competition between fat burning and sugar burning. One way you do this is by creating an insulin response and a diminution of GH. This shifts the metabolic pathways to sugar use. Elevated glucose suppresses GH release. Lower GH means you burn less fat (Biochemistry for the Medical Sciences, Wiley, 1983). GH also inhibits myostatin, a protein that acts like a brake on muscle synthesis, this is one way that GH increases synthesis.

Remember, no ancestor (superbly fit athletes) drank dextrose or even protein drinks for that matter (No supplement company will ever tell you this!). They moved more vigorously when they were hungry (low glucose state) so evolution prepared muscle to adapt in a low glucose/glycogen state. The fact is exercise builds muscle better than any other way.

As always there is some indivuduality here...so tinker with the various approaches before discounting and writing any one off. The secret is finding what works for you!

[sooners04]

I felt the same although I was doing 50g pro to 100g dex. I am now doing a 50g pro 50g dex and feel a ton better.

[hawktribal]

i used to use ground up oats in my pwo shake. give it a try, it goes down easy.

[stunner5000pt]

In order to keep my GH levels elavated, I try not to eat anything after my workout for at least an hour or two. Starting doing this regularly within the last yr or so and noticied a remarkable improvement (body comp, muscularity, fat-loss, fatigue, performance, mental well-being...the whole-nine).

From what we now know, glucose shuts down gene expression in the muscle and produces free radical damage that may send the muscle cell into its death by apoptosis program.

Even more, when you ingest dextrose you alter the competition between fat burning and sugar burning. One way you do this is by creating an insulin response and a diminution of GH. This shifts the metabolic pathways to sugar use. Elevated glucose suppresses GH release. Lower GH means you burn less fat (Biochemistry for the Medical Sciences, Wiley, 1983). GH also inhibits myostatin, a protein that acts like a brake on muscle synthesis, this is one way that GH increases synthesis.

Remember, no ancestor (superbly fit athletes) drank dextrose or even protein drinks for that matter (No supplement company will ever tell you this!). They moved more vigorously when they were hungry (low glucose state) so evolution prepared muscle to adapt in a low glucose/glycogen state. The fact is exercise builds muscle better than any other way.

As always there is some indivuduality here...so tinker with the various approaches before discounting and writing any one off. The secret is finding what works for you!

so after your workout you wait for 2 hours and then eat???

Usually i feel this fatigue before hte PWO on the way to my locker from the gym.