Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
It's just a marketing gimmick by the makers of whey protein. If anything, your body would prefer that you had eaten some amount of protein *before* the workout so that it would be trickling through your system right as it's needed.
Not true. There's research evidence that eating protein immediately after a workout stimulates the system to begin to repair the muscles more quickly. If you want/need to recover in time to train effectively the following day, a protein shake or equivalent immediately after the ride is a good idea.