CT, I Know You Aren't Fond of Nutrition Questions but

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@CT

hey, someone i train with has been going on about a nutrition plan he is on. i’m currently on a fast feast protocol, and his approach is completely different..

he calls it ‘drip feeding’ and basically does this;

he uses a high quality protein+carb shake (basically a weight gainer, i looked and its whey protein, plus a dextrose/maltodextrin/oat carb blend) throughout the day with certain foods added to round out his nutrition…

he eats breakfast as normal, protein carb and fat to get the body going,
then he basically takes two big shakes into work (i calculate at about 1800 calories (36p/50c/3f per 100g) that he basically sips all day, whilst grazing on nuts to increase his fat content. he then works out with me at 5:30, has a post workout shake, and a meal in the evening.

i guess his theory is that ‘drip feeding’ protein and quality carbs throughout the day after his workout will lead to increased muscle mass…

do you think this is a good idea?

i’m considering it purely because i’m struggling to recover at the moment, and want to focus on increasing lean body mass.

thanks in advance CT as always,

regards

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[quote]lboro21 wrote:
@CT

hey, someone i train with has been going on about a nutrition plan he is on. i’m currently on a fast feast protocol, and his approach is completely different…

he calls it ‘drip feeding’ and basically does this;

he uses a high quality protein+carb shake (basically a weight gainer, i looked and its whey protein, plus a dextrose/maltodextrin/oat carb blend) throughout the day with certain foods added to round out his nutrition…

he eats breakfast as normal, protein carb and fat to get the body going,
then he basically takes two big shakes into work (i calculate at about 1800 calories (36p/50c/3f per 100g) that he basically sips all day, whilst grazing on nuts to increase his fat content. he then works out with me at 5:30, has a post workout shake, and a meal in the evening.

i guess his theory is that ‘drip feeding’ protein and quality carbs throughout the day after his workout will lead to increased muscle mass…

do you think this is a good idea?

i’m considering it purely because i’m struggling to recover at the moment, and want to focus on increasing lean body mass.

thanks in advance CT as always,

regards[/quote]

I don’t know if CT will reply as there is already a ton of info on this site regarding this exact question, but since you are asking I can tell you that no, this is not a great diet for a couple reasons, the largest being that a constant stream of aminos is not going to result in increased muscle. Instead, you want periods of elevated aminos and periods where your it returns to baseline so as to not desensitize. You can use the search to find all the relevant articles/posts, but just wanted to throw that out there that you will need to look yourself as CT doesn’t even like discussing in depth what he does, let alone what you should do.

If you refuse to do the searching yourself, you would probably have better luck asking Shugart as he regularly fields these sorts of questions. Hope that helps.

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Hi lboro,

Again, probably not who you want to be hearing from but basically agreeing 100% with synergy. If you are looking for some back up and research references I cant recommend enough the work Layne Norton has published, particularly an article on meal frequency which can be found easily on google.

This basically backs up that once you have maximised protein synthesis, which takes approx. 3/4g of leucine to do so, no extra amount of protein will boost this further and you go, into effect, a refractory period where your blood aminos must return to baseline before it is possible to maximally spike protein synthesis again.

In other words, no, constantly drip feeding protein will not “keep you anabolic all day” as many people in the fitness industry like to suggest. Infact, ideally the faster you can spike blood aminos to maximise protein synthesis, and then return to baseline the better. That is why consuming MAG-10 approx. 30 mins before each of, say, 4 meals a day is a extremely good strategy.

Enough from me anyhow, For all the science behind this and a very well put together article, check out laynes writings on this.

Hull

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Hey,

thank you both for your responses :slight_smile:

what you’re saying makes sense, i will avoid it and tell my friend to do some research haha.

thank you,

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