I finally caved in and bought some protein powder, chocolate flavored. After adding two scoops (40 grams of protein) to 1 1/4 cups of 1% milk and trying to mix it with a spoon (I clearly had NO idea what I was doing!) and after the powder and milk would NOT mix consistently, I said "Screw this!" and added 1 more cup of milk and a cut up banana, threw it all in the blender and mixed it to death.
Let me tell you that this was one HECK of a super SuPeR SUPER tasty shake!!! I guess between the protein powder and the milk, it was somewhere in the 56 gram range of protein?
I ran 4 miles this morning and my legs hurt for most of it and then I am riding 17 miles at lunch, so who knows how I will be recovered by lunch. I did a ton of stretching and foam rolling as well after my run. Kinda fun to experiment with different recovery techniques.
I will say that the shake filled me up pretty well. It was in the 500 calorie range?
A blender is pretty much the only way to make sure you dont get "powder chunks" in your shake.
ReplyDeleteI find mixing with water works better when just the powder, but if u have time the blender with frozen fruit or banannas taste better
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my favorite post workout snack.
ReplyDelete1 cup mixed berries
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt probiotic
1 Scoop GNC Whey Protein unflavored or vanilla.
1 Scoop Gary Null "Red Stuff"
Wheat Germ to taste.
Mix it all up.
Keep in mind that there is such a thing as too much protein. Not sure how much you track your food. So I'll leave it a that.
Hi Jon,
ReplyDeleteThe protein shake sounds fabulous...what is it with you and food? You have such great ideas:)
Oh, and I see catmarlson left us a recipe too:)
Have a great day Jon!
that is exactly how I make mine, but with Almond milk and banana. I find the whey protein with liquid in a bike bottle shaken works pretty good to disolve all the stuff.
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