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Sleep, Recovery, and Protein Synthesis

Sandro,

“I would like ask you some things about recovery:process of compensation and after supercompensation occour only when we sleep(maybe at fast rate) or even during the day?”

To answer this question completely would require major speculation on my part. As a responsible scientist, I try not to speculate very often. However, protein turnover is elevated during sleep. Also, when a muscle is working, it stops recovering / growing.

See the following:
Sandro,

“I would like ask you some things about recovery:process of compensation and after supercompensation occour only when we sleep(maybe at fast rate) or even during the day?”

To answer this question completely would require major speculation on my part. As a responsible scientist, I try not to speculate very often. However, protein turnover is elevated during sleep. Also, when a muscle is working, it stops recovering / growing.

See the following:

Why muscle stops building when it’s working Michael J. Rennie J. Physiol. 2005;569;3-

For more technical information see the following:

Exercise rapidly increases eukaryotic elongation factor 2 phosphorylation in skeletal muscle of men Adam J. Rose, Christa Broholm, Kristian Kiillerich, Stephen G. Finn, Christopher G. Proud, Mark H. Rider, Erik A. Richter and Bente Kiens J. Physiol. 2005;569;223-228

“is it possible that less meals speed-up this process due to less energy required to digestion?”

Not really. Actually, just consuming a protein rich meal elevates protein synthesis for a short time. So, consuming smaller, more frequent high protein meals and / or snacks will likely help you and muscle mass.

See the following:

How nutrition and exercise maintain the human musculoskeletal mass Henning Wackerhage and Michael J. Rennie J. Anat. (2006) 208, pp451–458

Body maintenance and repair: how food and exercise keep the musculoskeletal system in good shape Michael J Rennie Exp Physiol 2005;90;427-436




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