'Practise, Protein'?

megxmas95
megxmas95 Posts: 26
in Fitness and Exercise
So my mum goes a bit mental every time she sees Mo Farah in the Quorn advert saying 'practise, protein', because she believes that carbs are far more important for a runner than protein, and while protein is tippity top for weight lifters and strength trainers, ultimately this ad is sending the wrong message to runners - just wondering what all your thoughts were?

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  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    So my mum goes a bit mental every time she sees Mo Farah in the Quorn advert saying 'practise, protein', because she believes that carbs are far more important for a runner than protein, and while protein is tippity top for weight lifters and strength trainers, ultimately this ad is sending the wrong message to runners - just wondering what all your thoughts were?
    Everybody (including runners) need both. Carbs for energy, protein to repair muscle
  • GillianMcK
    GillianMcK Posts: 401 Member
    It's possibly a bit mis-leading but think of the muscles that Mo Farrah has built, whilst it doesn't show you him practicing with weights you can guarantee he lifts weights to build the muscles and the protein is needed for repairing the muscles.
    I'm sure when he's out doing his long runs he'll be using carbs as fuel for the muscles, but need to build the muscles initially.

    Let's face it, eating quorn is not what makes Mo Farah, it's yet another advertising campaign, like the Venus razor campaing showing yoy it shaving a womans leg that has no hair on it (show me it shaving a gorilla and I might consider it), or herbalife with its 200 ingredients (none of which I would touch) or Bakers dog food (wouldn't feed that to my dog at any time given the ingredients in it), it boils down to if people are willing to take things on face value of an advert created by people trying to sell something for profit let them, I do a bit more research before I believe them.

    Personally I'm not a huge fan of quorn, too much genetically modified Soy, I'll stick to good old fashioned meat, as need the fat as well!!
  • hermann341
    hermann341 Posts: 443 Member
    It ultimately depends on what your body is burning for fuel. Conventional runners use carbohydrates for fuel as that is what they are feeding their body. Runners on a low carb regimen use fat as the fuel source. And I'm not going to argue which is better, but endurance runners "hit the wall" when they run out of glycogen and switch to fat burning. What matters is what works for you.
  • lisaabenjamin
    lisaabenjamin Posts: 665 Member
    Meh. As much as I love Mo Farrah, I take that advert with a pinch of salt. It's just a gimmick to try and get Quorn to appeal to a different market other than vegetarians. I'd rather get my protein from sources that aren't tasteless mushroom-goo.
  • alizamanuk
    alizamanuk Posts: 31
    THE ADVERT IS RIGHT - MO FARAH NEEDS PROTIEN AFTER THE WORKOUT TO RECOVER AND CARBS FOR THE PRE WORKOUT.
  • charissh
    charissh Posts: 91 Member
    He shoulda maybe had a bit less quorn and a few more carbs before the London Marathon lol :)

    Just kidding I love Mo, and yeah I agree they're both important!
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    So my mum goes a bit mental every time she sees Mo Farah in the Quorn advert saying 'practise, protein', because she believes that carbs are far more important for a runner than protein, and while protein is tippity top for weight lifters and strength trainers, ultimately this ad is sending the wrong message to runners - just wondering what all your thoughts were?

    Carbs are fuel, protein is for recovery and improvement.

    Running, as a weight bearing activity, causes damage to the muscles, bones and connective tissue, predominantly in the legs, but also in the core. That needs to be recovered from, and there is a need for proteins to build the muscle.

    Carb/ Protein/ Fats balance is much the same as normal for runners. Personally I have a recovery drink after a run of more than an hour, but I also eat a reasonable amount of quorn in various forms.

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