Hi guys, today I’m asking about your’s recovery drink.
I was using Recovery from Hammer Nutrition, I think that was good but expensive.
But now I’m using one scoop of Gold Standard Nutrition Protein inmediatly after my rides (I’m doing sweet spot high volume) and I don’t see any change.
I was wondering if is good what I’m doing because the recomended ratio is 4:1 carbs and protein, and Gold Standard Protein has almost all protein and very little carbs.
What I think I can do is to mix Gold Standard Protein with carbs like Carbo Max of Nutra Bio https://www.nutrabio.com/product/51092/ or Carbo Gain https://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/carbo.html?skuId=NOW702 but I don’t know if these products are good and if I can mix them and have the same benefits. The reason why I want to do this is because of the price, it would be much cheaper to mix Gold Standard Protein and a carb product than the Recovery of Hammer Nutrition, and because I’m drinking this almost every day because I train 6 days a week we are talking of a good amount of money.
Thanks all and sorry for my English!
Great question. I use 1 scoop protein powder and two scoops of Gatorade powder mix. It about $20 for a big jar. This ends up being 20g protein, 100g carbs. Saves me a lot of money over premixed brand name recovery drinks. You can also add frozen spinach and frozen berries and blend. Makes it really tasty and nutritious.
I’ve been using Tailwind Chocolate recovery mix with milk. It has been the better tasting/mixing powders I’ve used.
I use soylent (chocolate) because I don’t generally like the taste of pre-mixed recovery drinks and it has a pretty good mix of carb/protein. It’s also quite satiating.
hey question for you - how do you know how much to take in after a work out? Rules of thumb based on body weight or something? Thanks!
I’m not as type A as some and are pretty relaxed about the “rules.” A big recovery drink makes me less hungry throughout the day after my workout. Keeps me from eating the entire kitchen. I do 100g carbs, 25g protein. It’s a lot, but it works. Am I’m pretty skinny so I wouldn’t be too worried about fat gain. You still burn calories after a workout.
Matt Higgins