SERVING OF MEAT POST WORKOUT STIMULATES MUSCLE GROWTH

Aportion of protein after training stimulates muscle
growth. Most of the research that confirms this refers
to protein shakes, and especially those based on
whey. But a portion of meat works just as well write
Canadian sports scientists at McMaster University in Applied
Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism.
The researchers did an experiment with 35 men with an
average age of 59 years. During the days preceding the
experiment the men consumed 1 g protein per kg
bodyweight per day.
The researchers got the men to train one leg on a leg
extension machine, but not the other leg. The men did three
sets of 8-10 reps.
After the leg training session the researchers gave the men
0, 57, 113 or 170 g fried minced meat. That’ s the
equivalent of 0,12, 24 or 36 g protein. The minced meat
contained 15 percent fat. So the 170-g portion provided 26
g fat.
After the meal the researchers took samples from the
men’s trained and untrained leg muscles, and measured the
myofibrillar protein synthesis [MPS] – put simply, muscle
fibre production. The minced meat stimulated the production
of muscle fibre protein in the untrained leg [FED], and that
this effect was stronger in the trained leg [FED+EX].