In an ice cold bath

[Fab Foodie]

Yes, just from the cold tap. I suppose proper athletes use 2.5 kg of ice cubes per 50 litres of Evian water, but I reckon what comes out of the tap still has a beneficial effect.

Brrr, OK, next big/hard ride I'll do, I'll give it a go

 

[zacklaws]

Following on from a friend who was a cycling coach, he recommended to me a recovery drink, called "Amino Load" which is also good for an energy drink as well during the ride. Also told me about the amino tablets that Holland and Barratt sell which also do similar.

http://www.allsports-online.co.uk/allsports.cgi?name=Amino Load&cart_id=

I bought some tablets but found that they did nothing and still suffered, but I also bought some of the Holland and Barratt liquid amino and added 15ml to each bidon, whether it was just water or with energy drink, and since then I have had no muscle soreness to the extent I used to get, most days I get none at all after very hard rides, I just end up with a small twinge

As amino's need a lot of fluid, I retried the tablets but instead of taking a couple preride, I ground them down in a pestle and mortar and added one to each bidon and once again, I got the same results as the liquid.

To date I have to try the "Amino load" that I bought, but cos of its price, its for special occasions

The problem with these amino's is that they are quite expensive so only get used when I think that I will need them, Holland and Barratt did a 2 for price of 1 sale a few weeks back so I stocked up.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I have a serious Ibuprofen habit. I take a couple before going running, and a couple a couple of hours afterwards.

 

[gb155]

Would having 1 pint of semi skimmed milk after each commute, so am and pm be a little too much over the top

 

[gb155]

Would having 1 pint of semi skimmed milk after each commute, so am and pm be a little too much over the top.???

 

[potsy]

300ish calories in a pint of semi-skimmed, so that would be 600 just on two drinks.
Didn't you say your full allowance is less than 2000?

I can't see a problem, especially with the amount of calories you must burn off daily.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Milk is a fantastic recovery drink, just drink it slowly Ibuprofen works a treat as well

According to C+ i believe they said milk was a perfect post ride recovery drink.

They do also say that taking ibruprofen helps with muscle soreness as it is an anti inflammatory,

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Not at all. Your body would love you for it

Would having 1 pint of semi skimmed milk after each commute, so am and pm be a little too much over the top

 

[gb155]

300ish calories in a pint of semi-skimmed, so that would be 600 just on two drinks.
Didn't you say your full allowance is less than 2000?

I can't see a problem, especially with the amount of calories you must burn off daily.

Guess it's gonna help me up my intake then

 

[Fab Foodie]

Guess it's gonna help me up my intake then

... and provide some seriously useful nutrients too.

 

[Rob3rt]

300ish calories in a pint of semi-skimmed, so that would be 600 just on two drinks.
Didn't you say your full allowance is less than 2000?

I can't see a problem, especially with the amount of calories you must burn off daily.

There is no way Gaz's daily allowance should be less than 2000 calories

 

[VamP]

I have a serious Ibuprofen habit. I take a couple before going running, and a couple a couple of hours afterwards.

Ah, but is this the 200mg or are you hitting the hard stuff?


I am a friend of Ibuprofen as it helped me to get through an overuse injury (rock-climbing related) but I did have a rule about never taking it prior to training. Post training my dosage was off the charts though. Best to do some reading.

 

[cyberknight]

The problems with taking things like this along with Nurofen and pain killers etc is they can do more harm than good. Pains and aches is your bodies way of saying something is wrong with your body, neutralise the painful effects with drugs and then you can cause more damage, by having overridden the pain, you then damage yourself more by carrying on.

In reality it is better to use something that helps repair your body.

On very long rides, I do carry Ibruofen and Nurofen and only take them if I am suffering badly, but also bear in mind that I can be damaging myself more.

But searching online ibuprofen does have a good following regarding cycling

This is left over from a really bad bout of sciatica , the quack doctor prescribed them and some exercises to do , many of which i had alrady started thanks to doctor google.
I only use them when i am really bad , helped when my finger swelled up so bad i could not bend it properly on Saturday as well .

Tried a cold water soak today, wow it tingles when you get out .

 

[montage]

Would having 1 pint of semi skimmed milk after each commute, so am and pm be a little too much over the top

For opitimal recovery use freshly squeezed breast milk ..... do you have any close relatives that are lactating by any chance?

 

[gb155]

For opitimal recovery use freshly squeezed breast milk ..... do you have any close relatives that are lactating by any chance?

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Right from the source eh ?