carb-insulin question

[monster_mass]

TweetDuring my workouts, I usu sip a carb drink instead of just water. I was told this helps neutralize the lactic acid build up and allows you to train without getting muscle fatigue too quickly. It seems to work.

The question I have is, if i intend to use insulin post cycle, what impact would the carb drink i consume during the workout have on my post workout carb intake? Should it still be the same or less?

Anyone know?

[prolangtum]

Tweetcarb intake after shot should be less

[x|Fluid|x]

TweetAre you using log, or R?

I would keep drinking the carb drink throughout your workout, and lower the carbs in your post-injection shake, like Prog suggested.

[bulldog_10]

TweetIf you're using the carb drink just for lactic acid build-up...don't bother. There is little evidence that lactic acid build-up produces muscle fatigue.

[matt890ca]

TweetHeres a little insight as to why carbs will keep down Lactic Acid

From the beginning

Oxygen + Glucose = Energy

The glucose is going to come from your simple sugars. Your complex carbs are being stored in your liver as Glycogen. To break down Glycogen Glucagon must be secreted from your pancreas.

Before this happens there is a transitional state in which your body will look for other sources of glucose. The other sources being Proteins and Lipids. This is a process called Gluconeogenesis. There are by-products of gluconeogenesis they are:

Carbon Dioxide
Lactic Acid
Pyruvic Acid
Ketones

So with a supply of simple carbs we can keep the Lactic Acid to a minimum right???

Well don't be so sure. The amount of glucose that is being use at the celullar level durin training is a quite large amount. Now you said you sipped on a carb drink. That wouldn't be enough. Take in large amounts of dextrose (or another simple sugar) pre-workout, at mid-workout (30-45min in) have a full carb drink, not just a sip or two.

Even then you'll still have Lactic acid by-product and you will have "The burn" and the depletion of oxygen (anaerobic reactions) which will have Lactic Acid as a by-product.

So yes and no this is good but in the same light ineffective.