What's similar to P90x Recovery formula

It's mostly high glycemic carbs for a reason.

Why to shuttle nutrients to your muscles and increase MPS? Or to rapidly replenish glycogen stores when it isn't necessary unless you have another glycogen depleting event shortly upcoming?

Okay:

1. What are high glycemic carbs?
2. What is MPS?
3. What are glycogen stores and how does it help/hurt the muscle building process?

Ready go! :P

1: HFCS works well
2: Muscle protein synthesis
3: Glycogen is stored in muscles and your liver. When it's depleted during training chances are you may begin catabolizing muscle for energy.

Protein powder and a banana.

Or chocolate milk.

You don't need any post workout recovery formulas... In fact its these formulas that keep people fat in the first place. Do your workout and have your next meal whenever it is!

I personally would not purchase it. For recovery, I use BCAAs (Monster Amino) and protein. Often a cup of milk with 1 scoop of protein in it. If you are taking in carbs, then even a sports drink will do the job, after a workout the body uses carbs immediately as fuel, so it won't go to fat. Post workout 20grams protein and 40 grams of carbs should be the limit.

In my opinion recovery drinks have their place, THEY do help you to recover IMO & they do help with next day pain, which can impact on your ability to push to the max on your next round. A good one is Endurax R4 but there are others, chocolate milk has the 4 parts Carbs to 1 part protein which is recommended.

That said & done I no longer use a drink due to cost, I now use L - Glutamine powder & take 5g twice a day with my whey shakes & try to get more sleep & drink plenty of water, if you think you are drinking enough, drink some more it all helps.

Russ

I have never had their recovery drink. My chiropractor (who is also a fitness trainer and into clean eating) advised me that their recovery drink is full of sugars and junk.

I use soy milk, whey protein isolate, and frozen berries to make my own after workout drink. (can't eat bananas).

Good question Witney.

i'm a p90x fan, but BB supplements are mediocre. p90x is not magic...it's just structure. the beachbody 'coaches' etc are going to tell you supplement xyz is awesome and push them because they have a chance to benefit from the sale.

i just want to throw it out there of why you see so much marketing for beachbody supplements lately. there's a giant multilevel avenue via the coaching benefits. i will even say that i noticed this trend as i did newer BB DVD's. 'buy the recovery drink, buy the select tech dumbbells, buy xyz' etc. etc. all i am saying is that i have personally recognized a more aggressive marketing campaign by BB, and supplementation is big business. the same can be said for when you go into a vitamin store, they're going to push all kinds of things on you. just be skeptical of any source, and any recovery formula.

it is more important to eat well balanced meals that fit your plan throughout the day. do the things that equate to hard work and you will come out with greater satisfaction and knowledge of what it takes for you to reach your goals. believe in yourself and you will be blown away at what you will accomplish. it is great that you are doing a program with someone. keep each other going.

There is nothing like a tall glass of chocolate mile after a workout.

I see a lot of scandalous stuff in this thread.

I'll break it down to common sense.

If you can adjust your diet quickly enough, or can listen to your body's needs and fuel your body appropriately without the supplement, by all means.

The P90X recovery isn't a bad suppliment, but I wouldn't recommend using it for a long time. Creatine isn't the best for you, and while it does help you with things like, muscle soreness, increasing muscle mass(kinda.... fills the tissue with water mostly....) quickly, but every day use isn't great for your body.

This recovery is a carb drink(mostly sugar) with some vitamins and creatine in it(in a nutshell). The creatine can/will definitely help you early on keep up with this work out. No denying it. You can get fast results, and it will help you keep up with the work out. But, once you have results, you should reduce the amount and stop using it all together. It's not necessary, and messes with your body a bit(pulls water into your muscles).

So.... if you want the same thing.... you can drink a cup of chocolate milk and a gatorade with creatine in it. You get about the same effect if you take a multivitamin daily.

You can also get the same effect by eating a whole wheat sandwich with non processed meat, veggies, pickles, and a creatine infused glass of cranberry juice as well and be extremely healthier in every way.

The result most are getting from this supplement is probably the creatine. Do some research on it. Basically, it pulls more water to your muscles and helps keep it there. This will make you more thirsty, and you will gain weight quickly at the start(water weight). Your muscles will be a bit puffy as well(women beware, you will gain a few pounds, and your muscles will seem bigger in a hurry. This could just add definition, and it could add a little bulkiness. You are thus warned.), so those macho guys will love the stuff and swear by it. It's not a miracle substance. But it by all means does help those who are out of shape(a little or a lot), have a metabolism that's a bit sleepy, or those guys that want to bulk up quickly.

FYI, P90X is not a builking workout....... It is a VERY good work out, geared toward getting lean, strengthening, and balancing your body. But if you want to get big, P90X isn't the work out for you.