Protein Shake Before or After Workout?

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

A connected chain of amino acids formed protein. Proteins are essential for one’s body to maintain and repair damages to its muscles, People can get the protein by having solid food, but in today’s world where everyone is so busy with their usual task and it is not so easy to fulfill the amount of protein need by the body by only having the solid foods.

Here protein shakes come in to play which can complete the need of protein into your body, Protein shakes are not only available in bodybuilding shops but also in grocery shops and health food concern. Protein is needed to repair and building cells, enzymes, immune system and nucleic acids.

Protein Timing

Protein timing is a term usually used by the body builders which said that to get the bigger and stronger muscles you should have your protein shake within an hour to fuel up your muscle growth, since while working out the amino acid increases and delivery to muscles and also enhance the absorption. There is a long delivery of speech at what should be the best protein timing before or after the work out.

It is not easy to get the answer for the best timing of for protein shakes. Having protein shake will offer assured benefits for both pre or post workout. Pre workout protein shake will give you the energy throughout the session while post workout protein will help to accelerate the recovery. It is totally depends on what you desire to get.

Pre Workout

Anyone can have the protein shake 2-4 hours before workout (not just before starting it, it may result in uneasiness) which also can help for fat loss because the glycogen level is low at the time and it can help burning fats.

A study by Tipton et al. (2001) done in which the comparison of the consumption of Protein shake (amino acid and carbohydrate beverage) before and after the workout. The study showed the result in favor of pre workout drinking shake which suggest that the consumption of essential amount of Protein shake make a good impact rather than the same amount of shake consumed after workout.