Protein shake Pre or Post workout?

Hey everyone,

I know I just posted a recipe on how to make protein bread, so 2 post is one day seems like over kill but I just want everyone to know something before I loose the article..

Question how grams of protein should I drink after my workout? Is my post workout vital to muscle growth? Whats the best protein to take after my workout? Do you see the reoccurring theme here? Everyone wants to take their protein after the workout. Workouts are looked at by some people as completely useless unless they have protein right after.

New research suggests that protein digested before a workout can be more beneficial then any post workout supplement. Branch chain amino acids I am sure that you have heard this phrase or if not then im confident you have heard the term BCAA's. Well that is BCAA's (Branch Chain Amino Acid's) The point is that BCAA's don't need to be processed by anything in the body they bypass your liver and all other filtration systems in the body. Once they are digested by the stomach they head straight to your blood stream to be absorbed by the muscles.

Why is that important?

• Pre-workouts are filtered by your liver and thus take 30-45 minutes to hit the blood stream and even longer before you feel it in your muscles. 
• I dont know about you but I don't have time to prepare a pre-workout and drink it 1 hour before my workout and then start workouts at the EXACT time it hits. 
• This is just an impractical method of pre workout energy.
• Adding protein before your workout increases your bodies natural protein synthesis. Meaning your body will digest protein during your workout instead of after. 
• Your body will benefit more from taking the protein during because it can start the rebuilding AS you tear the muscle not after. 
• YOU BURN MORE CALORIES 
• " A study published in Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise found that one scoop of whey protein prior to working out increased calorie burning over the subsequent 24 hours."
• This means that taking one scoop of whey protein before your workout will help you burn calories, all day and night. 

The team of scientists and athletes that have been testing this theory for quite some time now. Have come to a definitive answer to the age old question of PRE or POST workout? The answer is PRE-workout protein exhibits more then 3 times the benefits then post workout protein does. It has tons of research being done now to prove once and for all that PRE workout protein is the way to go and that post workout protein is a thing of the past. 

my source as always: Bodybuilding.com Article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_biosynthesis

Thanks again everyone

Frank