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In this article however, we will focus on the important nutritional strategy before and after the tedious workout that people do. People usually don't eat enough prior to extreme exercises and they eat more than adequate after the workout. This in turn will become an imbalance that will result in rendering all the efforts of your workouts useless.

In short, there must be an approximated 1.5 hours or an hour and 30 minutes of preparation time before you engage in your workouts and the same amount of time to be observed after the said workout. Given that your workout will span for an hour, you will have a total of 4 hours to be considered as your critical hours. It is termed critical because it is during these hours that your body is most sensitive to its nutrient needs and where muscle usage is at its peak.

Regarding eating before starting your workout, this preparation time is basically packing up all the necessary carbs that your body needs for the upcoming stresses that you are about to place on it. Being one of the most important meals, eating before your workouts must be done so as to ensure that your body can actually burn something during the rigorous periods of your tiring fitness hour. If your body has nothing to utilize as energy, your body's natural and immediate response is the breakdown of the stored energy sources in your body. It could have been better if you have eaten something beforehand so as there is no chemical conversion done within your system.

A good food choice may include the ones that are considered as proteins and complex carbohydrates to ensure that your body will be supplied with energy during the entire course of the workout. Simple carbohydrates, like fruit juices, can also be taken preferably as a drink to give the body some emergency nutrient source when needed.

Lastly, regarding your muscle building diet after the workout, what matters is the quality of food taken and not the quantity. Because your body needs to have the perfect recipe so that it can rebuild the muscles that were torn or broken in the process of the exercises, you need to take in about a quarter of your entire daily caloric intake to serve as your post-work out meal. Make sure that you include a good protein source in this meal because proteins are the building blocks of the muscles.

The key point to consider is the timing when you eat. It is advisable to eat within the 1.5 hours of post-workout time. However, the sooner you have the ingredients for muscle repair, the earlier the rebuilding process will commence. A good sports drink may be a good beverage to start with. All in all, eat freely and don't be anxious of becoming fat if you eat excessively after workouts because this is the time when your cells are literally hungry!