Postgame Meal

Recovery from training is the period when one achieves the maximum results. Postworkout nutrition has gained significant attention. A postworkout meal is intended to help the body in increasing protein synthesis, creating more of an anabolic state, and making the most of the body's desire to repair itself.

The meal after an athletic event, be it practice, workout, or competition, is a deciding factor in the potential gain that is being achieved and in the recovery process. Gaining strength and muscle does not occur during a workout, but after, during the ...