Post work out recovery drinks.
JonathanFerguson
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Hello. Just been reading alot of stuff about this recently and realise that this could be an area that i can improve massively in. However, im not willing to spend lots of money on post workout powders as well as the stuff i use whilst i am training. I read that quite a good drink was a glass of milk with a couple of spoons of sugar immediatly after training.
Does anyone have a good home remedy they use, or advice about the milk/sugar combo?
Cheers,
Johnny
Does anyone have a good home remedy they use, or advice about the milk/sugar combo?
Cheers,
Johnny
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Cheers
Rob
David.
I personally use the SiS kit. There are lots of various drinks to have. I only use two.
SiS Glyco Go - This is for pre-during-after training. ie 200mls before, as much as you need during, and 200mls after. costs about £1.50 per sachet.
SiS Gloco Recovery - This is post training, and not only replenishes used glycogen, but optimises recovery to muscles. Costs about £1.50 per sachet.
It may seem expensive buying sachets, however it is virtually the same price as buying a bottle of lucozade sport which most people do.
I used to have an annoying thing where my calf muscles would twitch madly after training. Apparantly this is due to magnesium not getting to the muscles quick enough. Well the above mix fixed that problem straight away.
I also used to suffer from stiff legs etc, and the above got rid if it also.
One thing to note though. Is that obviously peoples bodies require different vitamins,minerals, blah, blah, blah. So the above may not be suited to you.
It is a case of trial and error.
Hope that helps.
legendary stuff, was about £30 a tub but lasted ages although tastes pretty sherbet like couldnt do without it when training if muscle soreness is a problem.
Andy
I've never used it as recovery drink though but always as race day fluid replacement. Really gets you through the swim. I recommend everybody to use it; would get you nasty zig-zag-swimmers more in a straight line, you're all in my bl**#y way[:@]. OOPS; got carried away here, too much time on my hand today I guess.[&:]
They contain about about 80 kcals per drink but that's nothing really after a decent session.
I train 6 days a week and often twice a day with little muscle problems or soreness. I'm a Tri novice and in my early 40's but have found the volume of training fine with the help of the protein & a decent diet with loads of water throughout the day.
However, the best I have come across is the For Goodness Shakes Chocolate drink, but find it hard to justify carrying a cool bag to keep it chilled. Used this after my long runs after marathon training and it was brilliant. Costs about £1.20 so not cheap comapred to what you get from the poders, but well worth it.
They were then asked to cycle again until exhaustion and it was proven that the cyclist who drank the chocolate milk were able to keep going for 50% longer.
I now use either Mars refuel or yazoo choclolate milk as it has the same nutritional values to mars refuel at a fraction of the cost