My Protein Tri Carb

conoramck

Hi Everybody

I was doing a bit of research into Pre-Workout supplements recently and came across Tri-Carb on the My Protein website. I was thinking about trying it as its quite cheap and seems to have good reviews, however it contains 47 grams of Carbs per serving all of which are sugars so that made me a bit skeptical about buying it.

Is this amount of sugar not bad for you? I've heard about people using simple sugars post workout to speed up glycogen replenishment and get the protein to your muscles faster, but it seems a bit like overkill to be honest.

I just wanted to hear peoples opinions on this.

Thanks

neanderthin

For the vast majority of people it really doesn't matter. Focus on your daily macros and lift.

abadvat

Dont know tri carb but considering the dosage i'd probably split it for both pre and post workout out.
Slow carbs 1-1.30 hrs + fat pre - soon before the workout fast carbs - straight after a workout fast carbs to spike insulin along with protein and eventually more carbs + protein as a post workout meal.

Second however neanderthin - not necessary for a good portion of people.

conoramck

Cheers for the feedback folks,

I was thinking about taking a meal replacement shake about 3:30pm and then I'll take your advice abadvat and split the dose in half just before my workout and after with some protein.

What do you lads recommend for a post workout meal. I've been eating a bit of peanut butter on a cracker pretty much every night but wouldn't mind a bit more variety so i'm not bored to tears with it after a month or two!

abadvat

Meal replacement - Why taking supplements when you can eat real food?
Post workout meal for me is carbs and protein and avoid fat as much as possible.
Straight after workout is gummy bears or potatoes and a protein shake - 30 minutes later chicken and rice - not very imaginative as only looking into maximizing efforts!

Note: i know part 2 contradicts part 1 of my answer however cannot stomach much solid food post workout and additionally absorption of whey is faster than chewing on a chicken breast and has more aminos!

conoramck

Its just really for convenience sake, I eat real/solid food for breakfast, mid morning snack and lunch and find it takes me a bit of time in the evenings every night to prepare these meals for the next day, so just having a meal replacement speeds me up a bit so I have time for other things. It isn't the most cost efficient approach in fairness, so I probably should just stop being lazy and make another solid meal.

For my post workout shake I was having 1.5 scoops instant oats and 1 scoop of whey isolate, but in your opinion would it best to ditch the oats and go for simple carbs (like tri carb) instead? I have heard a lot of arguments for and against the use of simple carbs post workout which makes it hard to know whats best.

I agree eating a solid meal straight after training can be tough going, i often find its the last thing i want to do!

abadvat

Simple carbs get digested / absorbed faster hence spiking insulin faster - post workout you do want to spike insulin ASAP in order to get nutrients in circulation in order to replenish glycogen, decrease protein breakdown and eventually synthesis.

conoramck

Good stuff, I'll give it a blast and see how I get on. Cheers for the advice.

cajuntank

http://www.jissn.com/content/11/1/20

Long read, but great info for the questions being raised.