Whats in your Post Work Out Shake?

[OdinsOtherSon]

31g whey, 1/2 cup oats, 2 tbs of ground flaxseed meal, 1g sodium ascorbate (vitamin C) and a banana if I have one on hand....blend up with water.

[JimiThing]

2 scoops of whey and half cup oats. I think the PWO insulin spike is BS!

Although my shake often includes a banana I agree with you. The only time its necessary is if the individual is an endurance athlete or doing say 2 a days for football or something. In those 2 cases the Glycogen stores needs replenishing as quickly as possible. In all other cases glycogen stores are replenished just fine and the cost of simple carbs far outweighs any perceived benefit - especially when it doesn't exist.

[BEAR]

Thank you Link........

Still not convinced........but I'll dig deeper.......

[Link]

Although my shake often includes a banana I agree with you. The only time its necessary is if the individual is an endurance athlete or doing say 2 a days for football or something. In those 2 cases the Glycogen stores needs replenishing as quickly as possible. In all other cases glycogen stores are replenished just fine and the cost of simple carbs far outweighs any perceived benefit - especially when it doesn't exist.

Yup...if doing 2 hardcore w/o in an 8 hour period then by all means but I would concentrat on a proper pre-w/o shake and carbs that will maintain will be plenty.

On the other hand I believe in a feeding window within 5 hours or so after a workout of crabs and protein.

[TroN]

im also a converted believer in carbs not necissary for protein synthesis. im showing good gains and only taking in 40 grams of carbs (mainly frum nuts). heres a study i ran across

Coingestion of carbohydrate wi... [Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007] - PubMed - NCBI

[warmouth]

Ill agree that post workout shakes and "meals" are for the most part bogus. I think if a persons diet is spot on, thats the best option. I still drink my whey isolate and pixy stick though. Always have, so it is habit I guess.

[Mini-G]

Ill agree that post workout shakes and "meals" are for the most part bogus. I think if a persons diet is spot on, thats the best option. I still drink my whey isolate and pixy stick though. Always have, so it is habit I guess.

Lol at pixie stick haha dat der insulin !

[warmouth]

It is an excuse to eat them! I love sugar......

[kubes]

I time my training session 1 hr after eating. Then by the time I go to the gym and train my post training meal is nothing more than another normal meal. I still stick to eating every three hrs from the minute I get up till bed time

[ElectraMaddox]

1 scoop of whey iso and mini gummy bears (no pun intended)

[BEAR]

1 scoop of whey iso and mini gummy bears (no pun intended)

LMFAO!!

[Bull]

Half litre of skim milk is all!

[DrBPackenwood]

What in your PWO shake?

PeptoPro 15g, Creatine 5g, 5g Glutamine, carbs in cocnut water.

Or MG's Powdered Muscle from true protein.com in water.

Or Whey Iso/Banana, then solid meal 45mins later, largest meal of the day with protein, carbs, fats.

oats, egg whites, yogurt, milk, banana, whey

approximately 700 kcals

[Mini-G]

oats, egg whites, yogurt, milk, banana, whey

approximately 700 kcals

That's a concoction if I've ever seen one. :P

[DrBPackenwood]

That's a concoction if I've ever seen one. :P

if you use a good tasting chocolate whey powder like muscle tech's nitro tech, it's pretty good, or if using unflavored whey, add another banana to make more banana flavour..