Cut out your sugar intake during the day and take the CELL-TECH immediately after your workout followed by your protein shake. By cutting your sugar intake during the rest of the day, you are training your body to be more insulin sensitive thus it can help kill off pesky cortisol from work-out stress allowing muscles to absorb nutrients at a more efficient rate. Trust me, cut the sugar during the day(its hard, i know), take the CT directly after workout followed immediately by your protein shake.