May-12

My Go-To Post Workout Meal

POSTED BY: Alex Isaly in BLOG

Q. What is your go-to post workout meal

A. It is essential to replenish the nutrients lost during your workouts within 45 to 60 minutes after your workout. For me, I always make sure that I get my post-workout meal consumed within that window. I do this by taking food with me to the gym if I know I won't have a way to get food right after my workout.

Most of the time though I usually go straight home and consume my favorite post-workout shake. The ingredients consist of the following:

Cafe Mocha Whey Protein
Tsp of nut butter
Coconut or Almond Milk
Greens (chocolate flavored)
Chia Seeds

Blend this all together with ice and it's my little taste of heaven. I actually start thinking about it towards the end of my workout and I can't wait to get home to have it.

One other supplement that I highly recommend taking immediately after a workout is BCAAs (branch chain amino acids) mixed with glutamine. The BCAAs will help with muscle retention and it also increases fat burn. The glutamine helps with recovery.

Bottom line, if you don't get some form of a post-workout meal (including BCAAs/Glutamine) in your body within the 60 minute window you run the risk of having a poor recovery and feeling extremely fatigued as the day goes on especially if you trained early in the morning. You also potentially reduce the quality of the workout that you just completed because you failed to replenish the lost nutrients.

Preparation is the key to success. Know what you are going consume after your workout. It's just as important to pre-plan you workouts as it is to pre-plan your post-workout nutrients.

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