Good After Workout Drink

I would like to find this out too.

Whey protein. I eat Clif builder protein bars. They're 20g of protein so about the same as a protein shake and they taste SO much better. The chocolate mint, lemon, and peanut butter are my favorites. They're usually about $2 each or I buy the peanut butter box of 6 for a little over $7, so you're saving a lot of money by doing it that way. I found them first at Whole Foods for $1.24 each but never am over there so I get mine at Target.

You could also do whey protein shakes...any will do as long as it doesn't have any fake sugar in it and is low in calories (should be around 130-150). I used Pure Protein when I was doing shakes but got tired of the taste. They're easily customizable but after about 3 months straight of them, I tired. That's why I use the bars now. I can eat them on my way back from the gym, get in the shower immediately and then get started on lunch when I get out. It's so much easier than mixing and blending and all that stuff with the shakes.

I love my EAS vanilla whey protein in skim milk, it tastes just like melted vanilla ice cream!

I have been drinking 1% chocolate milk, too. But, I am still feeling ongoing, lingering soreness for a couple days after each workout. Maybe I’m not drinking it soon enough based on the information posted above. I have yet to taste any protein powder that didn’t taste like a lab experiment gone wrong.

WATER!

Drink alot of water, you can not beat it. I drink BCAA's during my workout but i swear the only reason i feel good afterwards is cause i drink over a gallon of water a day

I always finish each workout with a protein shake made w/20g whey protein, 3/4 cup skim milk and 1/3 package of yoplait smoothie mix (its about 260 cal and 31g protein!)

I also drink at least 3-4L of water, but should up that as well.... I too sit all day and tend to get more upper body soreness, but LOTS of water does help!!!!

Muscle milk is the only shake that doesn't taste like crap IMO. Everybody knocks it but I've gotten prodigious results. And creatine and a ton of water will aid in recovery.

Find what works best for you. Experiment with the things people have said here and do some research indipendenly. We all have opinons. My diet might make others gain or lose too much, but it works great for me. Bodybuilding.com has the best prices on anything supplement related so check their store out.

Another vote for chocolate milk.

Chocolate milk as recovery drink, here is a link to why.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5373755_drink-chocolate-milk-after-workout.html

American College of Sports Medicine recommends taking in a serving of carbohydrates within 30 minutes of a strenuous workout. Chocolate milk contains these carbohydrates and mainly in the form of sugar which is also critical to muscle recovery. Spiked insulin levels that result from the intake of sugar help force glucose into the muscles, which hastens muscle repair.

Cow's milk is comprised of roughly 80% casein protein and 20% whey protein. Tired muscles readily eat up the amino acids in whey protein while the casein protein is digested more slowly and remains available to your muscles for hours after your workout.

but what about the sugar limit set by MFP? Do you just ignore it? I tend to go over mine just from fruit etc b/c it's set to 24g per day for me and goes up to 35 after a signicant work out and chocolate milk can have anywhere from 28 to 41 g of sugar per serving.

Advice appreciated thanks!

i dont know about stuff to drink after but if you take a few minutes to sit in the sauna or steam room it will help the soreness go away.

Hey...I'd say chocolate milk is the best..with low fat milk....you can even buy a separate chocolate syrup/powder and control the amount of sugar u add in the milk...or even plain milk is better....its all the protein u need aftr a good wrkout ^_^