DEXTROSE/MALTO post workout when CUTTING?/

[slashmash]

how much do you take in your shake when cutting? you dont take the same as when bulking do you? or do you totally cut it out of your cutting diet?

[Scar]

That's a very interesting question ..I have often wondered exactly the same thing..

It's just a shame no-one ever fukkin answers you on some of these forums

[Valcore]

Okay you take in the same amount of dextrose while cutting as bulking. There is no way that the dextrose is going towards fat accumulation when taken after training.

If you are pre contest dieting, calories should be shaved away from other meals of the day before you start cutting away carbs from the post training window. As your calories get lower however, calories must be lowered from the post training nutrition. Drop your pre workout shake to a half serve and then lower the calories from post workout shakes and meals. Your post workout shake will eventually be a half serve say roughly 24 grams protein (normally 1 scoop of protein) and 15 grams of dextrose. Glutamine should also be used in this shake to enhance glycogen accumulation.

So the answer is yes and no to cutting out dextrose. It is not necessary to cut it out completely but deep into contest prep it must be lowered. If not deep in contest prep there is no need to cut calories from the post workout shake.

[Luke530]

same shake... unless you are taking a gainer... most of your carbs should come PW if cutting... about 50% of your daily carbs should be taken directly post-workout when cutting.

[Scar]

Originally posted by Luke530
same shake... unless you are taking a gainer... most of your carbs should come PW if cutting... about 50% of your daily carbs should be taken directly post-workout when cutting.

And the other 40 or 50% for breakast?

[Luke530]

Originally posted by Scar
And the other 40 or 50% for breakast?

that would be optimal... but not 100% neessary... you could have 30% for breakfast... and 20% throughout the day in the form of veggies

[Scar]

That's what I'm going to do next time I cut.

[Timbo]

Val and Luke are dead-on here, as they are about 99.9%:-)

If anything, maybe you can reduce your pre and post workout nutrition to half servings. That is, split one serving into two.

I can't say that I agree with just consuming carbs at two times of the day though, but that's just me and I do rather well with carbs. Bottom line is, don't "f" with the pre/during/post training windows of opportunity for protein synthesis, recovery and growth!