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(Totentanz @ Jun. 16 2008,12:29)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE"><div>
(beingisbeing @ Jun. 15 2008,1:44)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE"><div>
(Totentanz @ Jun. 13 2008,9:24)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Why would slower absorption be a bad thing? Protein synthesis doesn't fall back to baseline after only an hour post-workout.</div>
elevated PS lasts a good while longer, as Tot says. i think bryan says it comes back to baseline 36-48 hours.
i thought that was why you always wanted fast protein before and after work out, so you could continue to stuff your face shortly after the post WO shake. why slow down the post workout shake with casein? I don't get it.
so like, when I get the whey/casein thing down, i'll grow "ten lbs of muscle in 5 weeks" right!
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I would think a fast protein before and a slow protein after would be better. That way you get a constant stream of protein after training.
I don't know, personally I do not worry about it. I don't take a preworkout shake most of the time because having my stomach full results in vomiting on occasion and reduced performance when I need a solid core (squatting, deadlifting, etc) so I just skip it. I always eat a good solid meal a couple hours before hand though.
To be honest, I rarely use protein powders anymore (because I stupidly bought 16 lbs of that vile gemma protein, bleh...) and I've actually been having the best gains this year that I've had since I was a newbie. I don't attribute that to not using protein powders, what I read into that is that this won't matter a whole heck of a lot unless you do something retarded like fast before and after the workout (when your goal is gaining muscle.)</div>
amen