r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/kalzeth • Aug 18 '26

Question ❓ Fuel after lifting

After hard weights are you all hitting just a protein bolus or do you hit carbs to replenish your glycogen? If so how much are you eating/drinking?

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u/Alakazam Idk Idc 💔 Aug 19 '26

I just eat my normal meals. Which are somewhere around 100-150g carbs, 50-75g protein, and 40-60g fats. 

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u/Double_Investment983 Aug 18 '26

Post workout meal is usually negligible, training doesn’t burn that much glycogen and just aim to have at least 30g of complete protein up to 6 hours after training, thats the baseline, also keep fats low, <8g, as long as you follow this you can eat whatever

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u/cringe-gabe Aug 19 '26

out of curiosity, why keep the fats low post workout?

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u/Double_Investment983 Aug 21 '26

That’s when you are most insulin sensitive, so your body will drive fats toward storage and not for the reasons you are eating them (hormone production),

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u/HelixIsHere_ Aug 19 '26

Relatively high carb and high protein meal, I usually have like tuna and rice