Recovery drinks

pot p

Was thinking about getting some, read the SIS rego recovery is good. What's people's take on these, is it just pure marketing or are they beneficial??

tunney

jpboard1

I currently get my supplements on myprotein. They seem to be good and they are competitively priced.

I use a protein isolate mixed with BCAAs and L-glutamine for my recovery drink. Must get the sugars in within the first 15 minutes to be effective.

sconhome

pot p wrote: »

Was thinking about getting some, read the SIS rego recovery is good. What's people's take on these, is it just pure marketing or are they beneficial??

Nope, I use EnduroX r4 from Accelerade after any intense training or racing. I find it better than the Kinetica Recovery I used previously. SiS stuff is a heavier consistency and I didn't like it as much.

The Rego Night is better though, helps with sleep.

Read the piece in the Beast of Ballyhoura thread about nutrition for endurance athletes.

Kander

Yup I use SIS rego recovery and it works for me just fine. I would use it after a brick session or the weekend longer cycles and runs.

Don't get me wrong I know healthy diet and the proper intake after session would be the same or better. This is just convenient and gives me what's needed. I noticed a sizable reduction in my fatigue when I made the switch to it cos I was probably slacking on my nutrition post training till then.

BTH

I eat real food and I don't waste my money on over priced underperforming snake oil.

jpboard1

There is alot of dodgy stuff out there no doubt. I just find it is not feasible to get enough nutrients into my body quickly and effectively enough. Also, it is very expensive. Of course, any supplements I take are only there to compliment my diet.

sconhome

BTH wrote: »

I eat real food and I don't waste my money on over priced underperforming snake oil.

As long as it's gluten free, dairy free, taste free.....

peter kern

jpboard1 wrote: »

There is alot of dodgy stuff out there no doubt. I just find it is not feasible to get enough nutrients into my body quickly and effectively enough. Also, it is very expensive. Of course, any supplements I take are only as placebo .

that is more a planning issue rather than its not feasible

peter kern

AKW wrote: »

As long as it's gluten free, dairy free, taste free.....

talking aobut snake oil ;-)

BTH

AKW wrote: »

As long as it's gluten free, dairy free, taste free.....

Gluten is ok, as long at its not wheat. And the food I eat tastes great because you can actually taste the food and now just the ridiculous amount of butter everything is covered in.

peter kern wrote: »

talking aobut snake oil ;-)

Nothing snake oil about proper food intolerance testing done by a specialist and not some "nutritionist".

jpboard1

peter kern wrote: »

that is more a planning issue rather than its not feasible

I wouldn't think so. I plan all my meals. I make them days in advance and my fridge is full of tupperware containers. But for the intake required I would have to be eating all day(I already have 5-6 meals a day) and get up during the night. It is not feasible. Supplements help to bridge the gap.

johnruns

peter kern wrote: »

talking aobut snake oil ;-)

Stop talking sense on Boards

tunney

BTH wrote: »

Gluten is ok, as long at its not wheat. And the food I eat tastes great because you can actually taste the food and now just the ridiculous amount of butter everything is covered in.



Nothing snake oil about proper food intolerance testing done by a specialist and not some "nutritionist".

Food intolerance is a scientific thing?

tunney

jpboard1 wrote: »

I wouldn't think so. I plan all my meals. I make them days in advance and my fridge is full of tupperware containers. But for the intake required I would have to be eating all day(I already have 5-6 meals a day) and get up during the night. It is not feasible. Supplements help to bridge the gap.

You don't train as much as you think.
You don't need as many calories as you think.
You're not as lean as think.

Peter speaks the truth.

BTH

tunney wrote: »

Food intolerance is a scientific thing?

You know the tests I've done, I know I've told you where I got tested before.

BTH

tunney wrote: »

You don't train as much as you think.
You don't need as many calories as you think.
You're not as lean as think.

Peter speaks the truth.

This is likely very true.

mossym

jpboard1 wrote: »

I wouldn't think so. I plan all my meals. I make them days in advance and my fridge is full of tupperware containers. But for the intake required I would have to be eating all day(I already have 5-6 meals a day) and get up during the night. It is not feasible. Supplements help to bridge the gap.

how many calories are you trying to take in that 6 meals a day don't cover?

rooneyjm

Banana + Glass of milk. Job done.

jpboard1

mossym wrote: »

how many calories are you trying to take in that 6 meals a day don't cover?

I need between 3500 and 4000 calories a day. Could be more depending on training.

jpboard1

tunney wrote: »

You don't train as much as you think.

That doesn't really make any sense. I know exactly how much I train. Unless you mean, I don't need to train as much as I think. Then I would agree but I enjoy it.

tunney wrote: »

You don't need as many calories as you think.

I have a pretty good idea how much I need.

tunney wrote: »

You are not as lean as think.

I am exactly as lean as I think. Of course I wish I was leaner.

mossym

jpboard1 wrote: »

I need between 3500 and 4000 calories a day. Could be more depending on training.

jpboard1 wrote: »

That doesn't really make any sense. I know exactly how much I train. Unless you mean, I don't need to train as much as I think. Then I would agree but I enjoy it.

I have a pretty good idea how much I need.

I am exactly as lean as I think. Of course I wish I was leaner.

no, he means, and the rest of your answers would suggest he is right, that you are way overestimating your calorie burn from exercise. how many hours a day are you doing that gets you to 4000+ calories a day?

jpboard1

mossym wrote: »

no, he means, and the rest of your answers would suggest he is right, that you are way overestimating your calorie burn from exercise. how many hours a day are you doing that gets you to 4000+ calories a day?

I work out twice a day 5 days a week and once a day one day of the weekend. I have a good idea what my calorie intake needs to be from years of research/training but more importantly from watching my body function/weight/energy levels & body fat tests etc. I would also point out I am quite big.

mossym

jpboard1 wrote: »

I work out twice a day 5 days a week and once a day one day of the weekend. I have a good idea what my calorie intake needs to be from years of research/training but more importantly from watching my body function/weight/energy levels & body fat tests etc. I would also point out I am quite big.

at two sessions a day i, or most here i would guess, wouldn't get close to 4000 calories. most here would have made the assumption, given this is the tri forum, that your sessions are tri based, i.e. heavily cardio focused. this may not be the case, i.e. your lifting weights in which case drawing comparisons on nutrition/calorie burn are pointless.

jpboard1

mossym wrote: »

at two sessions a day i, or most here i would guess, wouldn't get close to 4000 calories. most here would have made the assumption, given this is the tri forum, that your sessions are tri based, i.e. heavily cardio focused. this may not be the case, i.e. your lifting weights in which case drawing comparisons on nutrition/calorie burn are pointless.

New to boards. Just realised its the tri forum. What a dumbass. Apologies!

mossym

jpboard1 wrote: »

New to boards. Just realised its the tri forum. What a dumbass. Apologies!

at least you figured it out before some of them here started asking your average paces:)

peter kern

jpboard1 wrote: »

I wouldn't think so. I plan all my meals. I make them days in advance and my fridge is full of tupperware containers. But for the intake required I would have to be eating all day(I already have 5-6 meals a day) and get up during the night. It is not feasible. Supplements help to bridge the gap.

if you are bellow 7% bodyfat than i agree

peter kern

Nothing snake oil about proper food intolerance testing done by a specialist and not some "nutritionist".[/QUOTE]

obviously there is cases but overall i guess we agree this is a fad right now to be be x y and z intolerant. its another why to give people the feeling its not them who are wrong. ( and eat too much of unhealthy food )

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Recovery drink in one word "Yazoo". choc flavour for a tough run, vanilla for a tough bike, strawberry for a tough swim and banana just when i feel like it.

Regarding the "snake oil" process of food intolernaces. Went through the process with a legit guy a number of years ago. I thought it was great at the time but looking back it was a load of nonsense, he would have me eating cardboard for the rest of my life based on his findings!

d4r3n

I usually have a few fig rolls and some water/whey. If it's been particularly tough I'll have something sugary afterwards, maybe some haribo

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811308

Trig1

Every time I used to do a long run or a long brick the body would be in bits the next day until someone told me to eat some tuna after exercise- 3hr session on Saturday and a 14k run 2 days before that, a tin of tuna and an ice cold glass of milk after each session and right as rain the next morning!!