appears beneficial to desired resistance training outcomes. Studies show a supercompensation of glycogen stores when carbohydrate is consumed immediately post-exercise, and delaying consumption by just 2 hours attenuates the rate of muscle glycogen re-synthesis by as much as 50% [21]. Exercise enhances insulin-stimulated glucose uptake following a workout with a strong correlation noted between the amount of uptake and the magnitude of glycogen utilization [22]. This is in part due to an increase in the translocation of GLUT4 during glycogen depletion [23,24] thereby facilitating entry of glucose into the cell. In addition, there is an exercise-induced increase in the activity of glycogen synthase—the principle enzyme involved in promoting glycogen storage [25]. The combination of these factors facilitates the rapid uptake of glucose following an exercise bout, allowing glycogen to be replenished at an accelerated rate.
This portion of the study caught my eye, although when continuing reading they do emphasize it really isnt all that important unless you plan on doing exercise within the next 8 hours. So my question would be for you
@Docd187123 would you possible consider it important if you needed to do a physical job after say a morning workout? I understand that its not going to make a difference for your future workout or your final recovery but could we not say that it would be important to utilize the time frame so you would be able to perform better during other activities you may be doing before the 8 hour mark?
BTW thanks for that its a great read and makes me worry less about hitting my meal right away when I get home.
