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Sugar with high GI after wkout?

winsome Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/04/03	2004/09/15, 04:14 PM I am male 30yrs & just started working out with basic stuff like free weights in a gym.I am 130 pounds pretty slim but a lil fat on my tummy.My job is sedentary (computer graphics). My goal is gaining muscle mass upto say 175 pounds atleast plus get toned abs. A friend suggested that I take some sugar like some dextrose powder or glucose d (with high glycemic index, which dissolves instantly in the bloodstream ) immediately after the workout, mixed with water.After that I should have my protein powder in milk. He says before taking protein powder its good to have sugar as it reaches the fatigued muscles instantly & restore the glycogen levels in the muscles fast. However a salesman at a nutrition store told me thats not true.He suggested that I take protein powder after the workout & says that sugar is harmful & unnecessary. What should I do , please suggest.
deadheadted Posts: 123 Joined: 2004/05/31	2004/09/15, 09:55 PM http://www.freetrainers.com/FT/jsp/Message.jsp?f_ix=13&t_ix=1442 Read that thread Search for maltodextrin dextrose for other relevant articles
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/09/15, 10:46 PM For Joe Couch Potato, the sugar may and is indeed harmful. But for a hard training bodybuilder, this is a much different ballgame and indeed needed. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com