"Recovery Drink"?

[Valiss]

After working out I overheard some talk about 'make sure to take your recovery drink'. It seemed as though it was something mixed in with their water as they worked out. Is a 'recovery drink' a protien shake or does that refer to a specific product? Something else altogether? Thanks!

 

[Borb]

I always assumed that it was a protein shake.

 

[Sohryu]

Protein alone doesn't recover shit.

 

[Steakeater**]

either/or

 

[Urban]

Chocolate milk.

 

[TigerKneeCrush*]

Cellmass is what i use

 

[Stormbringer]

The important parts of a 'recovery drink' is just carbs and protein in a roughly 2:1 mixture, as far as I know. Premade recovery drinks have a bazillion things in them though. A lot of those things are just for fancy labeling purposes though...

I just drink a milk + whey shake myself. I don't do well with high carb ingestion, and I 'recover' perfectly fine with my concoction. It generally has around 50ish grams of protein and around 25ish grams of carbs in the form of lactose from milk. Also, quite honestly, whether I drink a milk/protein shake afterwards or just eat a good solid meal, I don't notice any difference in 'recovery'. I've tried samples of fancy schmancy recovery drinks too, and I can't say I noticed anything different with them either.

 

[ronin0352]

^^^This^^^

Carbs & protein are what most consider for recovery. Unfortunately, many pre-made "recovery drinks" will have a bunch of BS in them that ranges from pointless to counter-productive. Stick with protein and carbs, but like Stormbringer, I think 2:1 CHO : PRO is too much and I generally don't even go out of my way to get extra carbs PWO.

 

[Barbarian]

Eat some meat and potatoes, growin food. In all honestly though I like to drink a whey shake after and then make sure I have a good decent carb and protein based meal within an hour or two after a really hard workout.

 

[southpaw447]

Recovery doesn't just refer to Protein.

Specific Recovery Drinks are things like Endurox, Accelerade, Cellmass.

Usually when you refer to recovery drinks you are talking about something that has a blend on amino acids, sugars like Dextrose, Electrolytes, Creatine Etc.

 

[modena1983]

i just drink milk, whey, an egg, honey all mixed up after lifting. The honey is because i accidentley bought ON 100% natural and it tastes very very bland.

 

[ronin0352]

Recovery doesn't just refer to Protein.

Specific Recovery Drinks are things like Endurox, Accelerade, Cellmass.

Usually when you refer to recovery drinks you are talking about something that has a blend on amino acids, sugars like Dextrose, Electrolytes, Creatine Etc.

All 3 of those are what I described above. protein + carbs with small amounts of other stuff that ranges from worthless to counter-productive. Anything other than the PRO & CHO is in tiny amounts and basically only there to pad the label.

 

[Meatpuppy]

Chocolate milk.

Can't go wrong with chocolate milk.

 

[Valiss]

Can't go wrong with chocolate milk.

I heard a trainer tell someone to have milk with nestle quick; I thought he was joking....

Anyway thanks for the info.