Lucas Wilhelm Hedenbäck says eating right after a workout backfires because your body's still in fight-or-flight mode and can't digest properly. Calm your nervous system first with a walk, sauna, or breathwork, then eat. You'll actually absorb the nutrients and see faster results.
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but if you're slamming down a protein shake or a big meal post-workout, you're never going to see any results. Do you think a nervous system that is stuck in fight or flight will be able to digest some processed bullshit or a big heavy meal? No, it's not going to happen. What you should be focusing on is calming your body down, taking yourself manually, flipping that switch and taking yourself from a sympathetic nervous system state to a parasympathetic nervous system state. So instead of allocating all your time to the actual workout, take some time to do sauna, go out for a short walk, do some grounding, do some breathwork, do all these things that are manually going to calm your body down and once again shift your nervous system from fight or flight to rest and digest. This is going to do massive things for your result. And now when you are calm and you are resting and digesting, you're You're actually gonna be able to digest the food that you're putting into your body. Don't be stupid, don't slam down food when you're stuck in a fight-or-flight mode. Your body's not gonna be able to digest the food. Super, super simple. Calm yourself down, eat, you're gonna see results instantly. Trust me.
