If you like to party, you probably won’t enjoy reading this. So, I’ll try to make this as quick as possible.

Your body treats alcohol as a poison.

What does that mean? It means, that when you’re drunk, you’re body is going to do everything it can to get the alcohol out of your system. To such an extent, that other bodily functions will no longer get the attention which they require.

More specifically related to weight lifting, your body does not synthesize protein which is already in your system when you consume alcohol. Therefore, you should either try to consume your protein a few hours before you’re even planning on drinking, or just drink on days which you’re not exercises/consuming exorbitant amounts of protein for muscle recovery.