recovery- a little vs a lot of protein
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JamieM posted 1 year ago.
I usually have a 400 calorie recovery shake which has a 3 to 1 ratio of carbs to protein. I've tried other mixtures and this seems to works best for me. And that's the key I think. Just experiment and find what suits you and your workouts best.
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
I will make a shake with skim milk, ice, bannana, and a scope of protien powder. Has about 400 calories, probably 30-40 grams of protien. My body absorbs maybe half of that and the rest just goes on through, so you don't have to worry about too much as long as you GI can handel it. When I don't have time ofr a shake, I'll have a bottle of Naked Pure Protien juice. They have a similar composition of carbs, protien, sodium and potassium (Don't forget those too!).
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newbie_Donna posted 1 year ago.
Thanks. That's helpful. My stomach is pretty tough. I'm curious though: Is there anything to the idea that the extra protein gets in the way of the absorbtion of other nutrients? If not, the protein powder is definitely cheaper than the other recovery drink and I will stick to that.
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Donna, you can find an information overload out there on nutrition. KISS...keppe it simple. Protien rebuilds muscle damaged by excersise, muscle that repairs itself stronger for the next session. Get sodium, get potassium, get carbs back in after a workout, replensih you glycogen stores in you liver and you will be good to go. There is WAAAYYYY too many who try and micro manage this stuff to the point of insanity. I get my protien powder at Costco! Dirt cheap, does the job. I use the more expensive Naked Pure Protien drinks after swims at work since I don't have ready access to all the other stuff.
Eat well, recover well, be faster :)
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Bryan
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Hi,
I wanted to get a bunch of opinions on this because I'm getting conflicting answers from people. I've read about some studies that say that having a little bit of protein (like 10% of your recovery drink) after a workout is a good idea because it doesn't interfer with absorbtion of other nutrients. However, talking to other people and reading here, it seems like some having a jam packed protein shake also works. Any thoughts about this?
Thanks
Donna