http://mrbimble.com/WordPress/2009/05/vitamins-undo-exercise-efforts/ Truth lies within Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://mrbimble.com/WordPress/2009/05/vitamins-undo-exercise-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-636 forrest Tue, 12 May 2009 12:46:40 +0000 http://mrbimble.com/WordPress/?p=1501#comment-636 Mr. Bimble, very interesting. This reminds me of a strangely similar study I read a few years ago regarding "recovery" drinks/foods used after strenuous workouts. Unfortunately all the details and science are lost to me now, but the basic premise was as follows: All of the lactic acid related pain that many runners try so diligently to minimize after a run is actually the stimulus that tells the body to ramp-up mitochondria production. Hence, letting the body deal "naturally" with the post-exercise stress builds more/better muscle mass. The biology logic behind this is that when the body is "hurting", it prepares itself to handle the workout next time with less pain. Anyway, giving the body food for building muscle is good, but trying to minimize the ache is bad, supposedly. Mr. Bimble, very interesting. This reminds me of a strangely similar study I read a few years ago regarding “recovery” drinks/foods used after strenuous workouts. Unfortunately all the details and science are lost to me now, but the basic premise was as follows: All of the lactic acid related pain that many runners try so diligently to minimize after a run is actually the stimulus that tells the body to ramp-up mitochondria production. Hence, letting the body deal “naturally” with the post-exercise stress builds more/better muscle mass. The biology logic behind this is that when the body is “hurting”, it prepares itself to handle the workout next time with less pain. Anyway, giving the body food for building muscle is good, but trying to minimize the ache is bad, supposedly.

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