Hi
What’s everyone’s go to recovery drink after workouts?
Looking for something easy to prepare to drink immediately after a workout and before getting home to refuel properly .
Semi Skimmed Milk! I like it, has protein a carbs in it. Is cheap also.
simply put i don’t, if i have worked out 1-3 hours i don’t think there is any for a recovery drink honestly. If its been a 4-8 hour workout then i will have: banana, vegan protein, blueberries mixed in blender. I don’t think you need “recovery” drinks on shorter workouts this is more a misconception, my 2 cents.
Wild turkey
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With a few seconds of planning you can have a sandwich waiting for you with a bottle of water.
If I am home, I usually end my longer training at around noon, so I just have lunch. But I do like a banana, yogurt, date, chocolate smoothie if I am too lazy to actually make real food.
Typically it is a glass of milk, but I have been known to refer to an oatmeal stout as recovery juice.
ETA: Historically, I have been bad about not having anything after a workout, so I have been working on getting 100-300 cal in, and I feel much better.
Endurox R4.
I usually have a stash of fermented barley water with hops, served carbonated.
"simply put i don’t, if i have worked out 1-3 hours i don’t think there is any for a recovery drink honestly. If its been a 4-8 hour workout then i will have: banana, vegan protein, blueberries mixed in blender. I don’t think you need “recovery” drinks on shorter workouts this is more a misconception, my 2 cents. "
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Gatorade recovery drink/shake.
Hi
What’s everyone’s go to recovery drink after workouts?
Looking for something easy to prepare to drink immediately after a workout and before getting home to refuel properly .
Beer
Depends on the workout. Anything under 90 minutes or so I’d probably just have water unless I’d done the workout on an empty stomach in which case I’d have something a bit more nutritious. Longer workouts I’d either have some food with water, and/or I’d make a smoothie (banana, milk, frozen berries, spinach, maybe some protein powder and/or peanut butter, whatever else is in the fridge!). Post race I obviously have beer.
I have some almond milk with Vega or some other protein shake if I’m at home. If I’m at the gym and have to drive home I take a small bag of trail mix to snack on so I’m not stuffing my face full of chips while making a proper meal at home.
Woodford Reserve.
Like others have said Milk is the way to go but I have also used beer which works nicely
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simply put i don’t, if i have worked out 1-3 hours i don’t think there is any for a recovery drink honestly. If its been a 4-8 hour workout then i will have: banana, vegan protein, blueberries mixed in blender. I don’t think you need “recovery” drinks on shorter workouts this is more a misconception, my 2 cents.
Pretty much agree, but I draw the line based on energy expended, rather than time. <1500, no…just eat. >1500…generally, yes or eat a larger meal with more carbs. Also, for those longer/higher-energy expenditure workouts I’m usually not in the mood to eat a belly full of solid food. So, a “recovery drink” is more palatable during the first 30 minutes.
My personal goto is 16oz 1% milk, and 6 TBSP of Ovaltine…or really any rich chocolate milk (if I’m away from home). Its roughly 4:1 carb:protein if you buy into that as an optimal ratio (similar to R4). I used to, I guess…now I’m mostly non-plussed about it, but the chocomilk has always worked for me, and its cheap…so I continue the routine.
I also sometimes modify the routine based on the downstream workouts. If I have something intense coming up in the next 24 hours, then I may consume a recovery drink after a more borderline (between 1000-1500 cals expended) workout. Conversely, if I don’t have anything in the 36 hours after a bigger workout, I might skip it…and just eat when I’m ready.
Yep, 3 yrs ago i think i used to eat more calories during + smoothies after then i would burn during workouts! I had read about not doing this to, i just thought i needed all those calories. 3 years latter i hardly eat anything during workouts under 2-3 hours, i think your body just gets more efficient at storing calories as well.
simply put i don’t, if i have worked out 1-3 hours i don’t think there is any for a recovery drink honestly. If its been a 4-8 hour workout then i will have: banana, vegan protein, blueberries mixed in blender. I don’t think you need “recovery” drinks on shorter workouts this is more a misconception, my 2 cents.
Pretty much agree, but I draw the line based on energy expended, rather than time. <1500, no…just eat. >1500…generally, yes or eat a larger meal with more carbs. Also, for those longer/higher-energy expenditure workouts I’m usually not in the mood to eat a belly full of solid food. So, a “recovery drink” is more palatable during the first 30 minutes.
My personal goto is 16oz 1% milk, and 6 TBSP of Ovaltine…or really any rich chocolate milk (if I’m away from home). Its roughly 4:1 carb:protein if you buy into that as an optimal ratio (similar to R4). I used to, I guess…now I’m mostly non-plussed about it, but the chocomilk has always worked for me, and its cheap…so I continue the routine.
I also sometimes modify the routine based on the downstream workouts. If I have something intense coming up in the next 24 hours, then I may consume a recovery drink after a more borderline (between 1000-1500 cals expended) workout. Conversely, if I don’t have anything in the 36 hours after a bigger workout, I might skip it…and just eat when I’m ready.
I agree it’s more to do with energy expended. I have a bootcamp and cycling class once a week. which is a 30 minute bootcamp followed by and hour on the computrainer and it’s almost always some form of hard interval program. I could go do a steady run for 1.5 hours which wouldn’t compare energy wise to the bootcamp and cycling. I usually don’t have any sort of recovery drink but do tend to eat something live a clif bar and water on the drive home and then tend to eat dinner maybe an hour later.
I go with real food, something with carbs and protein. I have a bag of Skratch Lab’s recovery mix laying around tho in case I have to drive somewhere to ride or am in a pinch. It is pretty tasty, however, most recovery drinks are similar that are marketed to endurance athletes. I’ve found its more a preference of taste and availability. The ones to avoid are the ones marketed to body builders that have the protein needed for a week.
Beer, Gatorade , or whatever. Nothing fancy.