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[BlueTsunami]

IIFYM (if it fits your macros) mothafuckaaaaas

But eating clean is a healthier mindset in the long term

About to eat a humongous steak and cheese grinder after bench day

 

[ohhthegore]

4X4's from In and Out after every workout, thanks fam

 

[RockTurtle]

well there went my clean bulking plans

 

[Mdot]

quest bars

Actually did have a box or two of these last summer. Should probably grab more. Thanks.

 

[DedValve]

This....this changes everything!

No longer will I feel like I wasted a perfectly good workout by eating a burger!

 

[Ganzlinger]

Nice. I often go to the McDonald's near my gym post workout. Didn't know it could be good. I never used supplements anyway.

 

[ndawgdrake]

In terms of body composition and even recovery, this should be obvious because nutritional macros are macros, all things equal.

Calorie for calorie satiety and additives in fast food is a different story though.

EDIT: People seem to be glossing over a very important piece of information in the article.

"Both the supplement and fast food meals were roughly equal in calories, carbohydrate, and protein"

Which means if you think you can go balls deep at McDonald's after every workout, you will get fat guaranteed.

 

[Azulsky]

The thread title is pretty vague. This refers to supplements that are designed to replenish muscle glycogen.

Similarly, rates of glycogen recovery were not different across the diets

Okay so they seemed to have confirmed that supplements have parity with real food.

That sounds like good news to me, because most supplements are just specific components isolated from real food.

The point of supplements is ease of use and $$$ savings. Taking dextrose powder is easier than hitting up Dunkin.

 

[ohhthegore]

The thread title is pretty vague. This refers to supplements that are designed to replenish muscle glycogen.



Okay so they seemed to have confirmed that supplements have parity with real food.

That sounds like good news to me, because most supplements are just specific components isolated from real food.

The point of supplements is ease of use and $$$ savings. Taking dextrose powder is easier than hitting up Dunkin.

but is it as delicious?

 

[FStop7]

Quest bars are pretty delicious. Quest bar, some fresh fruit, water... makes a pretty nice lunch after a light mid day jog.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Chocolate Milk is really good too for post workout. I mean chocolate milk is always really good.

I remember a few years ago the University of Washington Football team started experimenting with replacing their post workout Gatorade with Chocolate Milk. Forget the reasons behind it.

 

[entremet]

Another problem with fast food is that a lot of it is very high in fat, and unless you're in keto or fat adapted, excess fat calories, are going to be stored as fat.

 

[ndawgdrake]

Ran out of my whey protein and was looking to replace it with something, but as a poster above mentioned, "real" food does the same trick and I'm usually in the position to eat within an hour after my workout anyway. My problem is having stuff throughout the day to eat. Healthy snacks like nuts, yogurt, granola/grains, etc. My metabolism (good and bad) is really high and I just don't put on weight. So to build mass, I need to eat throughout the day and it's difficult. Always thought a protein shake in between meals would help, but it's definitely costly.

Any recommendations? Just stick to the snacks I mentioned above?

Eat a few spoonfulls of peanut butter on top of your current eating pattern.

 

[Beer Monkey]

what.

this is the broscienciest post tho.

You saw I used quotes, right?

One of the problems with "clean eating" is no two people can agree what "clean" is.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

lol theres a guy on youtube he was a champion power lifter this is what he lived by man Mc Donalds and LIFTING BRO!!!!!

yeah he had a massive heart attack and is on medication everyday.

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Taco Bell was always a favorite post work out meal of mine.

 

[Lamel]

That isn't surprising. It's about the macro distribution. You already need tons of calories as an athlete especially, and if the macros are in order, then fast food should be just as fine as "healthy" food or supplements. Of course there are subtle disadvantages here and there.

I wouldn't recommend mcdonalds as a post-workout meal for the average person trying to stay fit or lose weight though.

 

[Moppet13]

while subjects assigned to supplements were given Gatorade, organic peanut butter, and Cliff Shot Bloks.

I would have preferred to see something like Whey Protein Powder over cliff shot bloks and gatorade.

 

[Baldwin_the_First]

I remember a few years ago the University of Washington Football team started experimenting with replacing their post workout Gatorade with Chocolate Milk. Forget the reasons behind it.

So what were the results? I know chocolate milk helped me greatly in recuperating from muscles fatigue and healing muscles tissues.

 

[- J - D -]

Whey powder is tastier than a glass of 6 eggs though.

 

[Frank Serpico]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/04...ng-diet-of-1000-chicken-mcnuggets-in-10-days/

Usain Bolt Ate 100 Chicken McNuggets a Day in Beijing and Somehow Won Three Gold Medals

When you burn the amount of calories as Bolt and Phillips do you NEED thousands of calories for your body to keep up, they both have almost no body fat

 

[YoungFa]

I cant eat after a workout though.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Except the fat that there is much more fat and sodium in fast food, which is a pretty huge exception.

Yeah. Forget that. Pretty much all of fast food is gross and unhealthy as shit, except for Earl of Sandwhich if you can find one around your area.

lol theres a guy on youtube he was a champion power lifter this is what he lived by man Mc Donalds and LIFTING BRO!!!!!

yeah he had a massive heart attack and is on medication everyday.

And to think, there are actual GAFFERS who eat like this everyday, plus processed and canned foods.

Gross.

 

[Azulsky]

but is it as delicious?

Honestly most people I know eat haribo gummie bears for glycogen recovery post workout.

I just eat a serving of carbs at my next meal.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

So you're saying I can eat anything I want.

 

[jts]

Sweet. My supplements are on point then.

Now just need to work on my pre-post-workout workout.

 

[Oxn]

Honestly most people I know eat haribo gummie bears for glycogen recovery post workout.

I just eat a serving of carbs at my next meal.

I just bought a 5 lbs bag of haribo the other day

On a different note, people usually equate looking shreded and being slim with being healthy.
Look at zyzz....

 

[blackflag]

Well duh, the best of us have known that for a long ass time. There's even a whole diet based on it called carb backloading.

Ice cream gainz are best gainz

 

[ipukespiders]

Macros. How do they work?

 

[entremet]

You saw I used quotes, right?

One of the problems with "clean eating" is no two people can agree what "clean" is.

I would even say that "macros" are overrated. At least outside of protein if you're talking about lifting.

As long as you're calories are on point carb and fat macros don't matter much. Fat is tricky since it's twice as dense as carbs and protein, so you need to limit by necessity.

 

[ipukespiders]

So you're saying I can eat anything I want.

You wouldn't eat a car, would you?

 

[Dennis]

I really like the Triple Treat powerbars but they are basically a Snickers bar lol

 

[Timedog]

I just eat chimichangas with ONLY steak and cheese inside. Just nasty fatty fuckboy shit. After a workout it doesn't even fucking matter.

But....what the fuck are those supplements? That regimen sounds idiotic.

 

[Alo0oy]

Where's my gym membership card?

 

[reelbigtink]

So you're saying I can eat anything I want.

Marge: And you lose weight?
Dr. Nick: Uh, you might. It's a free country!

 

[triplestation]

kek