Max
Competitor
Me and you are such the same wavelength its untrue lol, great post.
Please, can we get away from the idea that your body will quickly lose muscle mass!
There's a big time-lag - several days after recovery from workout - before the body starts to reduce its muscle mass - and even longer if you eat enough protein.
If you continue to stress your muscles and eat enough protein your body will gain muscle mass using first your carbs and then your bodyfat as fuel. So it's always best to eat fast carbs rather than slow complex ones.
Some fast carbs pre-workout will give your a quick short energy boost after which your bodyfat will take over, so some fruit or a Mars bar is better than pasta.
The optimum time before breakfast seems to be an hour or more...
...How much total fat do you advocate for the day?...
In terms of fast carb intake, like you mentioned before, what would you recommend for non-training days?
I don't advocate eating differently on training and non-training days. The body has huge nutritional capacity so evens out intake effects over a day or two.
Basically, eat anything and everything you like - but control your overall carb intake. An occasional carb treat won't do any harm.
Here's a quick question...
What cheese do you eat? I usually just get the cheese which is on offer - ie, cathedral city, or just value cheese! I have some leerdammer this week though as again it was on offer, and I like it.
Thoughts?
I eat a lot of Red Liecester and Double Gloucester - MMMMMMMM!
Make sure they're room temp and not just out of the fridge so they have full flavour.
Regarding the frozen mars bars....Do you have one before every workout? or just when you need a boost?