Recovery Drinks/Food

Pablo Rubio

I know this has been asked before ,but has anyone come across any new recovery products lately that they have found beneficial. I train early in the morning before work and add protein powder to my porridge etc...After races I use 2:1 recovery shakes ( like chocolate ones) .I eat the usual proper amounts of fish , turkey ,chicken, tuna ,red meat etc.... during the week but find it hard to eat solids after a hard training session or race.

Thanks in advance.

Ole Rodrigo

Chocolate milk.

http://lovingthebike.com/cycling-nurition/chocolate-milk-as-recovery

If dairy is a bit much after a workout theres a tasty shake alternative thats easier to digest, but expensive by comparison.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/for-goodness-shakes-recovery-powder-24-x-72g/

Cookie_Monster

I find beer is the best recovery drink after a big event :pac:

lizzylad84

ror_74 wrote: »

Chocolate milk.

http://lovingthebike.com/cycling-nurition/chocolate-milk-as-recovery

If dairy is a bit much after a workout theres a tasty shake alternative thats easier to digest, but expensive by comparison.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/for-goodness-shakes-recovery-powder-24-x-72g/

normal chocolate milk???

Pablo Rubio

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I find beer is the best recovery drink after a big event :pac:

Would agree ,but a recovery drink from the beer opens up a whole new topic:D

marketty

lizzylad84 wrote: »

normal chocolate milk???

Yep, plain old nesquik or whatever. Cheap as chips. Lash some cheap whey powder in there if you want.

And beer. Apparently non alcoholic erdinger is good.

Ole Rodrigo

lizzylad84 wrote: »

normal chocolate milk???

Low fat, if at all possible.

smacl

marketty wrote: »

And beer. Apparently non alcoholic erdinger is good.

Yeuch, find it pretty horrible tbh. I usually leave one in the fridge when I'm staying off the beer, as a few gulps of this stuff puts me right off it.

For a recovery drink from long or hard spin, I'd sometime have a 4goodness shake (vanillia), but more often a can of regular beer as I'm cooking an omelette.