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Originally Posted by Eric3237
A weight gainer would be fine for pre if you were to take it around 45 minutes to an hour before. For post it would be no good, imo. Protein by, itself, btw, is not optimal. You'll want some fast absorbing carbs in the post workout period also. Amino acids are only one part of the equation for muscle growth. All the PROTEIN, PROTEIN, PROTEIN, talk makes people forget that.
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....and most weight gainers are filled with crappy high GI carbs, lots of them....the supp companies didn't forget about carbs for gaining weight that's why "weight gainers" are filled with them.
In the morning or post w/o is the most ideal time for weight gainers if you're going to use them.