Do you know that your meal timing can affect your muscle gains? The question of eating before or after engaging in strength training still confuses many young bodybuilding aspirants. But not anymore. Ph.D. holder and bodybuilder Dr. Mike Israetel, aka the Exercise Scientist, is here to guide you to the right path and share the right timing to consume your meals.

The former professor recently uploaded a short video on his YouTube channel, RenaissancePeriodization addressing the right way to fast. He also shared one thing that might help you boost your performance a bit before hitting the gym. 

The Exercise Scientist explains a better way to do intermittent fasting

The Exercise Scientist shared that “you should plan to train right before your eating window opens up.” “The best time to eat for weight training is right after training.” The former professor highlighted that if you’re intermittent fasting and want to get a ton of food, this was “precisely the time to do it.”

The Exercise Scientist advised young gymgoers not to train in the morning and to fast the whole day. According to Israetel, your muscles don’t like this, and when you feed them in the evening, they are not recovering, not growing, less sensitive, and less ready to grow and recover. The bodybuilding critic then shared the best way to fast.

Israetel mentioned waking up, taking some caffeine, and then training hard. “Maybe between four and six p.m. or something like that, or five to seven, and then at seven p.m. or whatever,” he suggests. Then come home and feed your body in your feeding window, he recommends. “It feeds your fat less than it would because your muscles soak up a bunch of nutrients; it recovers you really well,” he explained. Adding to this, the former professor advised sticking to workout timing rather than randomly training at any time of the day.

Earlier, the bodybuilding critic shared his secret to gaining muscles and losing fat at the same time.

Being consistent and maintaining balance leads to ultimate gains

Last month, the Exercise Scientist shared the importance of being consistent when it comes to the nutrition of your body. “It’s tough to eat healthy food in the same amounts used to eat Cheetos because it’s not nearly as tasty.“

The bodybuilding critic mentioned that if you lift weights for a year or more, you can significantly lose fat and gain muscle size. This leads to maintaining balance in an individual’s diet and training regimen. The former professor explained, “If you have enough protein intake, that is absolutely a big deal to making sure that you’re not losing muscle at the same time as, uh, you are fat.“

Dr. Mike explained the importance of eating within your feeding window and how being consistent can lead you to optimal goals. Will you follow his advice and make these changes to your training plan? Let us know in the comments.