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With the hectic pace many of us are living at nowadays, few people seem to make time for a real, healthy breakfast – maybe we slurp down a coffee and eat an Egg McMuffin on the way to work. But few of us sit down, at home, to eat breakfast before heading for work or school. This isn’t just an unhealthy way to eat, it’s also a recipe for disappointment if you want to build muscle fast. We already know nutritional support is important, and there is a reason that breakfast has been called the most important meal of the day.

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To support your efforts to define your 6 pack abs and build lean muscle, your post-workout meal may be the most important meal of the day! This is because you’ll enter a catabolic state after an intense workout, in which your muscles’ glycogen level is depleted and cortisol levels are increasing, excessively breaking down muscle tissue.

The only way to reverse this catabolic phase, promote an anabolic (muscle building) state and speed up fat loss is to consume an easily digestible post-workout meal. This can be eaten ‘as is’, or as a shake or smoothie, and should be eaten as soon as possible after training…

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