Recovery drink/food?

[montage]

What do you drink or eat when you get back in?
What would be the best thing to drink/eat?
Usually I have a glass of milk/banana as they are easily available, and I don't really want to spend lodes of a branded ready made "recovery drink".

 

[TVC]

Strawberry milkshake (frijj usually). It has most of what you find in a recovery mix.

Some lean protein within an hour if it's been a long/hard ride as well.

 

[bonj2]

Anything containing protein. I find raw meat generally the best - don't cook it as you kill the protein. Bacon's usually best slightly cooked, but you still want it rare, and you want to eat it less than 20 mins after you get in anyway so the muscles are still active.

 

[Hont]

You want protein for muscle recovery and some carbs to replace the glycogen that your muscles have used up (there's a 15 minute Glycogen 'window' after exercise where the most efficient replacement occurs). Bananas and milk is good, and you might add a sugary drink into the mix as well. Nuts are good for snacking later on.

I generally use REGO - about £8.00 for 10 portions - if you were to change your mind and go for the specialised stuff. It takes out the guesswork and tastes good.

And be careful with raw meat. No point getting a load of protein if it's going to make you ill.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Anything containing protein. I find raw meat generally the best - don't cook it as you kill the protein. Bacon's usually best slightly cooked, but you still want it rare, and you want to eat it less than 20 mins after you get in anyway so the muscles are still active.

Utter Bollocks.:?:

 

[Fab Foodie]

What do you drink or eat when you get back in?
What would be the best thing to drink/eat?
Usually I have a glass of milk/banana as they are easily available, and I don't really want to spend lodes of a branded ready made "recovery drink".

You're doing fine! Milk and Banana is brill. Unless you're an olympic class athlete, then don't waste your money on special recovery products.
Milk or even better milkshake, Nesquick's fine or Chocomilk has been found nay proven to be amongst the best recovery products in terms of proteins, sugars, rate of uptake and assimilation. Not only that, but it's cheap and available, contains a list of other goodies not present in 'recovery products' and WADA won't mind :?:

 

[montage]

Anything containing protein. I find raw meat generally the best - don't cook it as you kill the protein. Bacon's usually best slightly cooked, but you still want it rare, and you want to eat it less than 20 mins after you get in anyway so the muscles are still active.

why don't you stick to raw eggs in a glass like normal wierd people? :?:


Cheers for the advice, just starting to pay attention to little things that may boost performance now

 

[numbnuts]

I have tea and toast

 

[TVC]

You want protein for muscle recovery and some carbs to replace the glycogen that your muscles have used up (there's a 15 minute Glycogen 'window' after exercise where the most efficient replacement occurs). Bananas and milk is good, and you might add a sugary drink into the mix as well. Nuts are good for snacking later on.

I generally use REGO - about £8.00 for 10 portions - if you were to change your mind and go for the specialised stuff. It takes out the guesswork and tastes good.
And be careful with raw meat. No point getting a load of protein if it's going to make you ill.

Makes me fart for Britain, I can't get on with processed whey protein, that's why I stick to good old milk.
Also I once bought a protein suppliment from Boots that you mix with milk - brilliant for £15 until I read the numbers on the label and worked out that 80% of the good stuff in it came from the milk in the first place.

 

[yello]

I'm another chocolate milk fan. I read somewhere (not here, Cycling Weekly I think) ages ago something that said that chocolate milk was pretty darn close to being the perfect recovery drink containing a good carb/protein mix.

I'll also eat a tin of mackerel too, after rides of 100km+, or a rollmop . And, no, it doesn't taste as yuk as it might sound!

I've also read that there's a optimal time frame for getting the protein into the system (20 - 30 minutes) so I eat/drink before showering.

 

[Dayvo]

Me too for chocolate milk, not that I need too many excuses to drink it.

Milk and bananas. Or some other kind of fruit smoothie.

 

[jonnyboy]

1 raw egg
1 medium banana
150ml milk
half a tin of mixed fruit
a good pinch of salt
blitz it up in a blender/liquidizer tastes great
got it off a guy on bike radar

 

[008]

If my muscles are particularly tired after a ride, I'll have a bottle of this stuff http://www.forgoodnessshakes.com/

Works wonders and literally takes away all the aches for the following day. No messing about either, drink it straight out of the bottle.

 

[Fab Foodie]

If my muscles are particularly tired after a ride, I'll have a bottle of this stuff http://www.forgoodnessshakes.com/

Works wonders and literally takes away all the aches for the following day. No messing about either, drink it straight out of the bottle.

Or you could just save your money andd do the milkshake/chocomilk and banana thing. It'll likely be better for you too.
Don't believe the hype.

 

[jimboalee]

Anything containing protein. I find raw meat generally the best - don't cook it as you kill the protein. Bacon's usually best slightly cooked, but you still want it rare, and you want to eat it less than 20 mins after you get in anyway so the muscles are still active.

Smoked Salmon in egg mayonaise to start.

ChateauBriand, rare to English.

Bodyfortress strawberry flavour THICK shake with Channel Island Gold-top.