Have you read this: http://www.slowtwitch.com/.../nutri/gatorade.html
Here ar the key ingredients in some drinks:
Gatorade: sucrose, glucose, fructose
Accelerade: sucrose, whey protein
Endurox: glucose, whey protein (recovery only)
Hammer HEED: maltodextrin
Hammer Perpetuem: maltodextrin, soy protein (Sustained Energy is similar)
Cytomax - maltodextrin
You'll probably get a lot of different opinions on what has worked for people. Personally I'd avoid the protein-containing drinks as there's not a lot of evidence they will increase performance and add cost and usually some not-so-tasty taste.
[edit: I mean avoid the protein drinks during workouts, not for recovery.]
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Here ar the key ingredients in some drinks:
Gatorade: sucrose, glucose, fructose
Accelerade: sucrose, whey protein
Endurox: glucose, whey protein (recovery only)
Hammer HEED: maltodextrin
Hammer Perpetuem: maltodextrin, soy protein (Sustained Energy is similar)
Cytomax - maltodextrin
You'll probably get a lot of different opinions on what has worked for people. Personally I'd avoid the protein-containing drinks as there's not a lot of evidence they will increase performance and add cost and usually some not-so-tasty taste.
[edit: I mean avoid the protein drinks during workouts, not for recovery.]
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