Resistance exercise enhances mTOR and MAPK signalling in human muscle over that seen at rest after bolus protein ingestion

AIM: Feeding protein after resistance exercise enhances the magnitude and duration of myofibrillar protein synthesis (MPS) over that induced by feeding alone. We hypothesized that the underlying mechanism for this would be a greater and prolonged phosphorylation of signalling involved in protein translation. METHODS: Seven healthy young males performed unilateral resistance exercise followed immediately by the ingestion of 25 g of whey protein …