After workout protein. Why haven't I thought of this before?

Beef Jerky is an excellent choice for any occasion. I consider it the national food of these United States.

bumping...

The protein I take has 270 calories and 60g of protein per serving.

My protein powder has 50g protein in it and doesn't have all the sodium, fat, and other BS that jerky has in it. Jerky is more expensive gram for gram of protein.

lulz. This one didn't make if past page one before it started..

I prefer shakes for post workout and use the beef jerky as snack later in the day. I agree that the protein/cals/convenience ratio is hard to beat.

Everyone seems to be forgetting Turkey Perky Jerky.

50 Calories a serving
0 Fat
110mg Sodium
20mg Cholesterol
9g Protein

but price wise is much more expensive then a whey shake

can of tuna fish is also great. 100 cals and 26 grams of protein.

Interesting math to get there.

Ummm....I didn't have to do much match. Just had to read the package. But thanks for your comment.


Pulled that photo from the webz. My cans at home say there are two servings per can and it lists the protein at 13 grams, eat the whole can so...50+50=100 calories. aaaaand 13+13=26 grams of protein. That math was very difficult.

The reason math was brought into it was because protein has 4 calories per gram and 26x4 = 104. 104>100.

Could be rounding error but one would assume it has trace amounts of fat too, which has 9kcal/g.

Not posting this to argue with you, just nerding out a bit.

carbs are more important but supposedly a little bit of protein somehow helps the muscles absorb the blood sugar.

you have to eat/drink something as soon as you are done. if you workout and then don't eat some would argue you're better off just skipping the work out.

You do have to eat eventually but as far as eating the instant you're done working out, "some" would be wrong.

there are 100s of research articles that back up what i said, here's one

http://oakbrooksc.com/docs/stager_chocmilk_study.pdf

show me a real piece of research that refutes it and i'll be happy to read it, otherwise, by all means, continue to talk out of your *kitten*.

Do i really think that your better off not exercising if your not going to eat immediately after? no, but i do think your better off eatting something, just make sure it fits in with the rest of what you should eat for the day.

carbs are more important but supposedly a little bit of protein somehow helps the muscles absorb the blood sugar.

you have to eat/drink something as soon as you are done. if you workout and then don't eat some would argue you're better off just skipping the work out.

You do have to eat eventually but as far as eating the instant you're done working out, "some" would be wrong.

there are 100s of research articles that back up what i said, here's one

http://oakbrooksc.com/docs/stager_chocmilk_study.pdf

show me a real piece of research that refutes it and i'll be happy to read it, otherwise, by all means, continue to talk out of your *kitten*.

Do i really think that your better off not exercising if your not going to eat immediately after? no, but i do think your better off eatting something, just make sure it fits in with the rest of what you should eat for the day.

Your .pdf is specifically addressing a protocol where glycogen depleting exercise is performed and then a demand for glycogen is created shortly after. This is applicable to some endurance athletes and in that situation it's obviously necessary to replenish glycogen (and chocolate milk is a fine choice).

For an average fitness nut that trains once per day, they are usually:

a) Not fully depleting glycogen
and
b) Not needing glycogen replenishment intra-day because their training procedure doesn't require it.

And this is important context because for many dieters, getting their CHO through food intake is much more satiating. Not to mention applying nutrient timing procedures that aren't necessary (again, for this particular population) can reduce adherence.