The best time to take protein is within 20 minutes of the end of your training, this is when nutritional supplements come into their own, it is almost impossible to acquire a full meal, let alone be able to eat it, when your heart is still racing.
Another good time to take a protein powder supplement is before within 1 hour before training when you actually need protein for the muscle to feed off, other wise your body will use some of your muscle for energy.
It is not always a good idea to eat just before training, or you may end up throwing it over your training partner, insuring you have the right amount protein in your body before exercise would mean that your muscle mass could remain static or even gain with exercise.
In athletes, the requirement for protein is much more than your average man walking
down the street, the average man would need between 0.8 and 1 g of protein for
every kilogram of body weight, per day, just to keep his body from losing muscle
mass.
For the elite athlete training in martial arts or any endurance training would need
between 1.4and 1.6 g of protein per kilogram of body weight
per day to ensure muscles damaged from exercise are repaired and fueled to avoid loss of muscle.
If you find yourself on a high protein diet we recommend New Zealand produced whey protein because of the purity and ease of mixing, we also have a great range of Creatine powders and protein bars
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