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Gatorade directly before/during and after a workout can have some benefits, as Steven mentioned, though it's amplified by adding protein or even better branched chain amino acids in a 3/1 or 4/1 cho/pro ratio. This mixes ability to rapidly spike insulin levels, combined with your body's increased insulin sensitivity and its preferential use of carbohydrates for both glycogen replenishment AND increased protein synthesis after a workout makes it a great choice. Some other cool effects of this method is the fact that a proper cho/pro ratio before a workout has been shown to actually increase blood flow to the working muscles and there's a pretty noticeable difference in muscle-soreness from day to day between sub-par post-workout nutrition and completely dialed pwo nutrition. To tie it all together, following a pretty low-carb nutrition strategy the rest of the time with the majority of your daily carbohydrates coming immediately peri-workout tends to amplify the entire effect by increasing insulin sensitivity even more.Now, one thing you may notice is that there's pretty much NO reason to drink gatorade any other time. The sugar is worthless for when you're just sweating. A cool tip I got from a client of mine recently was to use a little salt and a little salt-substitute in water with perhaps a bit of lemon for a hydrating drink. Regular salt provides sodium, the substitutes is made from potassium chloride, so it hits your bases there, and you don't have a bunch of worthless if not potentially harmful sugar that you don't necessarily need!
Quote from: gearsighted on July 23, 2007, 07:28:40 PMGatorade directly before/during and after a workout can have some benefits, as Steven mentioned, though it's amplified by adding protein or even better branched chain amino acids in a 3/1 or 4/1 cho/pro ratio. This mixes ability to rapidly spike insulin levels, combined with your body's increased insulin sensitivity and its preferential use of carbohydrates for both glycogen replenishment AND increased protein synthesis after a workout makes it a great choice. Some other cool effects of this method is the fact that a proper cho/pro ratio before a workout has been shown to actually increase blood flow to the working muscles and there's a pretty noticeable difference in muscle-soreness from day to day between sub-par post-workout nutrition and completely dialed pwo nutrition. To tie it all together, following a pretty low-carb nutrition strategy the rest of the time with the majority of your daily carbohydrates coming immediately peri-workout tends to amplify the entire effect by increasing insulin sensitivity even more.Now, one thing you may notice is that there's pretty much NO reason to drink gatorade any other time. The sugar is worthless for when you're just sweating. A cool tip I got from a client of mine recently was to use a little salt and a little salt-substitute in water with perhaps a bit of lemon for a hydrating drink. Regular salt provides sodium, the substitutes is made from potassium chloride, so it hits your bases there, and you don't have a bunch of worthless if not potentially harmful sugar that you don't necessarily need!I cannot understand this language. Could you please translate this to English
