One thing you probably noticed while I was talking about post workout nutrition is the lack of the phrase anabolic window. The idea of the anabolic window is that you have a specific window of time after you workout to eat food. And if you do this, your muscle growth is accelerated. If you don't, however, you will miss out on this benefit or even worse, lose muscle. Now most proponents of this idea usually will tell you that the time window is anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour after you finished your workout. They will say that the sooner you provide your body with protein and carbs after your workout, the better.

However, there has been quite a bit of research done on this topic. And today we know that this window is a lot larger if it even exists in the first place. Like I said in the previous lessons, if you eat within an hour after you workout, you will be fine. And the closer your pre workout meal was to your workout, the more time you have afterwards. The bottom line is that it makes sense to eat a balanced meal after you're trained but you don't have Do this as soon as you're done with your last set. As long as you stick to the basics you will be fine.