How to take muscle-building powder

Muscle-building powder has the function of promoting muscle growth. For many fitness experts, muscle-building powder is relatively important. It is an important nutritional supplement. We know that during high-intensity training, protein and carbohydrates need to be supplemented in time to promote muscle growth and help muscle shaping. Muscle-building powder is such a food. When using muscle-building powder, we must also understand the best time to eat it. Let’s take a look at how to eat muscle-building powder.

1. Best time to use muscle-building powder

Three golden hours for nutrient absorption. They are after training, after getting up, and before going to bed. If you grasp these three periods well, your nutritional support level will be greatly improved. This is especially important for skinny people who need to gain muscle and weight.

The demand for nutrients is highest after training, and it is also easiest to absorb at this time; the human body has been sleeping for 8 hours and has not eaten for a night, so it is also in great need of nutrients after getting up in the morning; and the peak secretion of growth hormone during sleep will bring about extreme protein synthesis, so supplementing nutrients before going to bed is also very ideal.

For thin people, especially after training and after waking up, consuming high-energy food at these two times can stimulate the secretion of insulin in large quantities. Insulin has the function of transporting carbohydrates and proteins to muscle cells for storage. So you should pay close attention to the synergistic effect of carbohydrates and whey protein. Muscle-building powder is undoubtedly the best choice for thin people, and the two time periods within 20 minutes after exercise and during breakfast in the morning are undoubtedly the best time to consume and supplement muscle-building powder.

2. How to eat

Generally, stir it with warm boiled water and it is ready to eat. The water temperature should not be too high, otherwise it will easily clump and destroy the protein nutrition in the muscle-building powder.

Of course, some people mix it into juice or other drinks, and some people mix it into other foods. It is recommended to use warm boiled water to avoid other substances or unknown factors affecting protein absorption.

3. Amount of food consumed

Before using muscle-building powder, you'd better ask yourself whether you are getting enough carbohydrates and protein from your normal food.

If you only rely on muscle-building powder nutritional supplements as a source of nutrients without paying attention to food supplements, then I am sure that you will never have obvious progress, and the prescribed amount of muscle-building powder cannot meet the basic needs of a day. In fact, normal diet is the basis. Try to eat different healthy foods, and eat more foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, etc.

For those of you who are working out to gain muscle and weight, I believe you will see significant progress if you make good use of nutritional supplements while getting enough food.

The amount mentioned here is the amount of extra protein supplemented in addition to the normal diet. Generally, beginner fitness enthusiasts need to supplement about 30 grams of protein and 60 grams of carbohydrates every day. The protein content of each brand of muscle-building powder is different, so the recommended amount is also different. You can convert it yourself. For muscle-building powder with a protein content of 50%, it is generally recommended to consume about 50 grams per day. For muscle-building powder with a low protein content, the daily requirement is higher. Of course, you can divide these amounts into two portions (after exercise and in the morning for breakfast) according to your situation.