Originally Posted by antarius

That's even a large window. You should have a shake of some sort ready for you when you're finished.

Within 30 minutes of my workout being finished I have some sort of meal in my stomach, primarily of protein -- and a 20-30G WHEY Protein shake in my stomach.

You will notice much better recovery times too, if you stick to the routine I listed above.

Granted, everyone's different; but it's working well with me and recovery times for me are EXCELLENT.