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What is the best post workout meal? What to eat after a workout? The answer is all in the picture, but read on for details.

[What could this glass of chocolate milk possibly have to with the best post workout meal and what to eat after a workout?]

Typically you are taught that once you finish a gym session you should chug down your post workout shake asap to stop your muscles from breaking down and repair them. As you may be aware I am against most bodybuilding advice but if you want to look like a bodybuilder (bulky & fat most parts of the year, then excessively muscled for a month or two) then follow their advice, my site wont help you.

As for me I specialise in tailoring a workout to give a more fitness model appearance and look this way year round. Okay, so what is the best post workout meal after the Abercrombie workout? I would like to share what I eat after my workout and also my brother who is bulking up in a clean way. You can see his story here.  If you want to know whether to have your protein shake before or after workout, check out this post I wrote.

The Best Post Workout Meal- What To Eat After A Workout?

The best post workout meal in my opinion is 250ml of low fat milk, with a tablespoon or two of chocolate nesquik and a scoop of whey protein.

Why Chocolate Milk And Whey Protein?

Simple science, really. You see the chocolate and the milk trigger insulin, as they are simple sugars. The body then goes in storage mode and will more likely store this along with the whey protein into the depleted muscles as glycogen. Protein is also in present in milk.

When Should I Take The Best Post Workout Meal?

Deciding what to eat after a workout depends on your goals. If you are bulking up in a clean way the way I suggest, you should take this 1-hour afterwards.

If you are trying to burn fat, you should wait between 1 and 2 hours. The reason for this is because in my workouts, they are intense and a lot of HGH is released. After the workout this hormone which builds muscle and burns fat is high, so waiting an hour or two maximizes this effect and the chocolate milk protein shake takes advantage of insulin’s storage effects. If you are on creatine it has been well known that this is also an ideal time to take it. After the best post workout meal, you may still be asking what to eat after a workout. I would say eat a nice well balanced meal, with meat and vegetables at the hub for recovery of your damaged muscle fibres.

You can order some Chocolate Nesquik for cheap on amazon. Save up to 20-50% off of a pack of 6 which you will need if you are serious about your post workout nutrition.

 How Much Protein After Workout?

I personally take 25g of whey protein, which is a scoop in my shake described above. Me personally, I don’t like obsessing over numbers, I do that enough in my economics degree. Fitness should be fun and not obsessive so I keep mine that way. However if you want the answer to this question, Brad Pilon is the go to guy when it comes to nutrition. He is the author I mention frequently for Eat Stop Eat and he also has a book called How Much Protein? which is also a great read if you are into that kind of stuff.

If you type in google what to eat after a workout?, bodybuilding advice would probably tell you take a weight gainer, take three scoops of whey protein straight after and then another an hour after. They do this to promote supplements to make money. Don’t be fooled guys. Chocolate milk and 1 scoop is enough. Even this isn’t necessary, but does have a major advantage over real food as liquids are easier to digest.

Here is a short video of Brad Pilon talking about protein guilt.

Summary of What To Eat After A Workout

After your workout, don’t rush to eat. Take a shower, unwind and go home. Wait an hour if you are bulking up and wait two hours if you are trying to lose fat. Hopefully you guys now know what the best post workout meal is and what to eat after a workout now and can use this neat trick to help you, whatever your goal.