I like “Pure Protein” the best, and the occasional Cliff Bar.
I eat “Myoplex Diet” mostly, the one with chocolate/orange…mmmmmmm
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Luna Key Lime Pie!
When I’m training I prefer straight bananas.
If I’m going for a hike I’ll grab a cliff bar.
I eat Powerbar Performance. Yes, yes I know they are really ghetto unhealthy for you, all sugar and they have HFCS? But for me there is nothing easier to digest an hour or two before a race. I feel like they dissolve immediately straigt up into my blood stream. I eat about 20 a year.
Last season I started out with Clif Bar on my long rides with … they were working really well in the spring but as it got hotter out I stopped being able to digest them.
Cliff bars, but usually only between workouts.
jaretj
Cliff Bars. I love them all!
Jodi
Balance Chocolate Chip Granola Bars with Protein
plus they are packed with extra vitamins and minerals.
I prefer Clif, but Powerbar works
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I love clif bars.
Cliff.
I like 3bars… all organic/vegan… and they taste great…
Here’s a recipe I use… I’ve noticed that after I tried these, store-bought energy bars taste SUPER-sweet, way too sweet. This recipe doesn’t have any high-fructose corn syrup…yeay!
After I make a batch, I wait until they cool and then wrap them individually in saran wrap. They freeze well in a ziploc bag. I grab one when I’m on the go. I take them on camping trips, backpacking adventures, roadtrips, century rides, you name it. Anyplace I would eat a Cliff bar or Luna bar, I bring these instead. And I can control the amount of protein/sugar/nuts/etc. that go into them.
A special note to Ironman athletes, I omit the flax seed meal in bars I will be consuming during races…namely due to the digestion troubles that arise from the added fiber content in the flax seed meal. Word to the wise…
Source Of Strength Energy Bars
2 c Grape Nuts
2 c Quick Oats
1/2 c Honey Roasted Peanuts
1/2 c Sunflower Seeds
1/2 c Cashews
1/2 c Sliced Almonds
3 T Wheat Germ
4 T Flax Seed Meal (optional)
2 scoops Vanilla Muscle Milk Protein Powder (or other brand)
1 1/2 c Brown Rice Syrup
1 c Natural Peanut Butter
1/4 c Sugar or Honey (try substituting 1/4 c Brown Rice Syrup instead)
1/2 c Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13x9 in. pan. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate microwave-safe bowl, melt and mix wet ingredients until smooth. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Add chocolate chips in a couple of minutes after mixture cools. Press into 13x9 in. pan. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. Cool and cut.
Variations:
White Chocolate Macademia Nut My FAVORITE
Substitute 1/2c white chocolate chips for chocolate chips
and 1 c. chopped macademia nuts for 2 other nut choices.
Also,
Dried fruit can be used instead of chocolate chips…
Peanut butter chips can replace chocolate chips…
CLiff
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I used to eat Cliff Bars, but I’ve recently switched to the First Endurance EFS Bar. Way better in my opinion.
Clif Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Crunch. I buy 'em by the case.
high carb, moderate protein (about 6:1) which is what endurance athletes need.
Odwalla Superfood.
Im not really a bar fan, but I will eat a regular old Power Bar (Vanilla Crisp or PB) before my long rides.
Luna or Clif bar if I"m hungry and that’s all that’s available.
I’m a huge fan of Clif Bars. Don’t really digest the PowerBars that well, and I avoid HFCS like the plague.
I forgot about the Odwalla. Love em