carbs

[finny1000]

what sort of carbs should i be using for my p.w.o shake?
also can i have ome examples of what any of you guys use?

[finny1000]

anyone

[RuhlFreak55]

I use ON 2:1:1 right now and also have some Volu-gro that i'll use up after my contest......you want some sort of fast acting carb if you don't want to get a real supplement.....waxy maize starch or something similar.

[finny1000]

my budget is a little low right now. so i was thinking some sort of food?

[finny1000]

anyone else pls

[swol_je]

some people use fruit like a banana or apple, but I hear this wazy maize stuff is suppose to make a big difference in how fast the carbs get absorbed

[V-TEC E8TER]

i personally use a mixture of whey isolate 40mg protien and 60-80 mg carbs from grape juice for a pwo shake. This is because both are fast acting and digest in the body fast for the nutrients your body is craving .

[gettingBIGGERfast]

some fruit, rice cakes, oats.....

Are you cutting/bulking?

You don't necessarily HAVE to have a high GI carb pwo. In fact many are moving away from that idea, especially while cutting. I still have butt loads of Waxy Maize, so that is what I use and will continue to use until it runs out. By then it should be cut time again, and I will be giving low GI carbs a shot pwo.

Any good meal is much better than nothing. If the budget is type, just do what you can.

I'd go with ground up oats in the shake, as it is very affordable.

[BigEast]

what sort of carbs should i be using for my p.w.o shake?
also can i have ome examples of what any of you guys use?

bcaa/glut then 15 min later 50g whey protein blended with 1/2 cup 1 minute quaker oats.

[finny1000]

i was thinking oats. what do i do cook them first then put them in my shake?

at the moment im just eating carbs for breckfast and after training.
all my other meals the carbs come from veg ie broclli or salad.
im having oats and a banana for my breckfast with a pro shake. do you think ill be ok having this for my pwo?

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

egg whites
sweet potato
fish oil caps


there's your PWO

[Coop77]

dextrose or maltodextrin. both mix well in a shake and are very cheap.

[finny1000]

i have just found some maltodextrin pritty cheep to from CNP.

[novastepp]

waxy maize is a joke. that being said. any carb source will work, honestly. i'm using skim milk cottage cheese and oats to supply me with my PWO carbs. but potatoes, rice, hell even wheat bread will do the trick PWO. don't over think that meal, concentrate on training and your TOTAL dietary picture.

[Dictator]

I recently just started using dates because they are 103 on the GI scale.

[patrick1]

i was using oats but found it filled me up a bit to much to get my evening meal down have moved to WMS
thought everybody loved this stuff!

[sam_sneed]

egg whites
sweet potato
fish oil caps


there's your PWO

I been doing the same for about a week now, much better PWO nutrition.

[Dictator]

I been doing the same for about a week now, much better PWO nutrition.

definitely a good pwo meal. i regret i bought all this protein powder because as a person with blood O, i now follow a diet for my blood type and incorporating only the foods i am allowed (or that are highly beneficial) to eat, and whey is something i have to avoid. sweet potatoes are highly beneficial for me for a complex carb but for post workout, sweet potatoes are medium acting on the GI and i believe high GI carbs are needed but only for pwo. therefore, my pwo meal will be dates, egg whites and some fish oil caps and vit C capsule. need to decide what im going to do with all this powder.

[sam_sneed]

sweet potato is definitely one of the best if not the best source of complex carbs. I have been looking into Quinoa which is also very low on the GI scale.

Idle thoughts by Pinnacle

Take a look at Pinnacle's thoughts on PWO nutrition it's one of the best threads on here.