Women's Fitness

POST-WORKOUT PLATES

We all know that what we eat in the hours after a tough workout counts, because a healthy balance of the right nutrients will give your body what it needs to replenish glycogen stores and rebuild muscle tissue damage, but what if it’s mealtime and you’re lacking inspiration? Then it’s high time you expanded your fitness fuel menu.

Enter these post-workout power meals from healthy food brand Mindful Chef (). ‘During exercise, small parts of your muscles get broken down and damaged,’ explains Myles Hopper, co-founder of Mindful Chef. ‘This means it’s important to get the right kind of carbohydrates and protein in your post-workout meals, to repair your muscles quickly and decrease how much they get

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