Post workout meals. Tell me what you mow down after a workout!

My main question is, a full raw meal like a 10 banana smoothie? or something lighter just after a workout. or.. whatever works for you.

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Permalink Reply by JackFruitFighter on February 1, 2011 at 1:59pm

Always a full meal post exercise/training/workout for me. 10-15 bananas or a large blender full of dateorade.

Permalink Reply by thierry"pasteque/watermelon man" on February 1, 2011 at 3:16pm

just right after , often orange juice (just to wait the time in reach m room :=) ) and then usually a full meal (actually for exemple 7/8 bananas with a pinapple) before greens (cause actually i train late in the afternoon , to hot before here in thailand)

if i train in the morning , never with empty stomach....i do a acid fruit meal half anhour before (orange or passion friuit for example ) and then a full big banana smoothie just after

if i don't do like that i fell shaking some hours after and it's really hard..... so carb on!!!

Permalink Reply by Michel on February 1, 2011 at 5:05pm

Usually I start with a monomeal of a very juicy fruit, like melon or mango, and 30mn to 1h later I eat more calorie-dense fruits like bananas.

Permalink Reply by Sam Spaiser on February 2, 2011 at 11:00am

Generally, anywhere from 1000-2000Cals of sweet fruit. My fitness comes before my sweet fruit meal of the day, generally. This time of year it's bananas, but a couple months ago it was persimmons, in the summer it's mangoes, follow?

Permalink Reply by Drea on April 2, 2012 at 3:10pm

Sam.....I too have been swimming in the yellow nan-river....this season for me is ALL BANANAS!!!! But often wit one other fruit if I want variety. In the summer its was a mix up...but currently all nanas!!

***So after a workout....I get about 5-6 nanas......that's after lifting or calisthenics. I def feel nanas gives you the carbs for your muscle growth....I mean like 5-8 minutes tops after my workout is when I like to eat them.

Permalink Reply by David Scott Myers/neon warrior on February 2, 2011 at 2:49pm

I did a P90x arm workout, then I had to rush to a one hour rugby practice. Dateorade was perfect for in between because I wanted to make sure to eat after a mass building exercise.

Permalink Reply by thierry"pasteque/watermelon man" on February 2, 2011 at 3:28pm

datrorade for very long runs works fine for me , don't take anything but water under 13 miles but over alwys datorade with me

in summer cool it before and put bottle in two socks to keep cool , sometimes in very hot conditions blend one or two stalk celery with date.... have to adjust the concentration of sugar depending on my energy level and outdoor temp (the hotter the more diluate , but also the hotter the more i drink , so in final same quantity sugar)

orange juice was not so fine for me.......

Permalink Reply by Sandra on February 25, 2011 at 2:54am

Today my post workout meal after my weight training was 4 ripe bananas and 2 dates smoothie

Permalink Reply by Jay on November 20, 2011 at 8:08pm

today i enjoyed 1 kilo of clementines after a run (30 minutes). after another 30 minutes i lifted weights (45 minutes). my post workout meal was a smoothie out of 11 bananas, 20 dates, 200g kale and after that smoothie i ate 3 more bananas because they taste delicous today

Permalink Reply by Jelle on January 4, 2012 at 1:03am

I often make a blueberry banana protein smoothie: I put my vitamix full with banana's and about 1 cm of water then blend, add one scoop 20gr of SunWarrior Protein Raw Vegan blend again, add one cup of frozen blueberries. This is about 1100 cals. I tracked my food intake for about two weeks every day and I get about 5% protein when I don't supplement... and I really don't know if this is enough to gain muscle... so I'm adding 20 grams to my recovery smoothie... What is the percentage of protein that works for you? (PS I know you need to eat lots of carbs to get energy to build muscle).

Permalink Reply by Phillip Konn on May 7, 2012 at 3:39pm

From what I understand, protein requirements are automatically met with an increased calorie intake. Protein requirements are doubly met seeing as how we are eating raw proteins (amino acids, I mean), thus being able to fully utilize everything that we eat, whereas with cooked foods most of the proteins are denatured and useless.

So, in a nutshell, eat 10g of carbs per kg of your ideal body weight. Eat more to live more, as DR says.

Permalink Reply by Justin Morgan on May 8, 2012 at 3:03am

Requirements and benefits are two completely different things. I agree with what you said, but in terms of muscle growth and recovery following an intense power lifting based workout getting your protein closer to the %10 mark isn't a bad idea either. Doug Graham himself does outline in 811 the primary function of protein to produce growth and recovery. But then we should be increasing our proteins with greens, broccoli, bananas and of course fatty sources generally have comparatively higher levels of protein which is fine when they also are kept below %10 of our daily calories. So I agree with you in general, but proteins aren't entirely unimportant either.