solid food after workout

[ESQ]

what is the real difference between the 2. i know the shake is absorbed quicker, but how much better. i always drink a shake but what if you have to workout before a lunch meeting or something to that effect. is solid food a bad choice if you have to do it.

 

[JG1]

A shake is much better. Dextrose/Whey is what you want after a hard workout, will get absorbed a lot faster then solid food. Try and save the solid meal for you second PW meal, perhaps 1.5 hours after your shake.

 

[chanmanfoo]

bad choice if you have to? no way. after a good workout your body needs nutrients, if you cant have a shake eat my man no problemo. i eat before the gym, have a shake in the car on my way home, and then proceed to stuff my neck the minute i walk in the door at home.
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[Lift78]

I cant see how solid food would be bad, or even how it wouldnt be better then a shake. Evolutionally we werent running around hunting and drinking protien shakes. Sure a shake might be convienent and provide immediate nutrition, but if you can get a solid meal in fast enough that should be at least as good. I read a few articles saying that you should have a protien shake within 20 minutes of ending a work out just so you put something in your body, then within 2 hours max have some kind of high protien meal like steak or chicken.

 

[manny78]

I'm always at McDonald's after my workout and it works.........

 

[Kid Dynamite]

If I have solid foods after working out I usually get stuff that digests easy and quick, like white rice with egg whites. But, to cut through all the details, eating solid food after a workout is okay.