Before & After Workout Drinks ???

[Terinox]

Me and my friend don't really drink anything specific before or after our workouts. But I think maybe that it would help quite a bit, especially since our workouts are usually like 2 hours!!!

What would be best? Drink something before or after?

And what are those things to drink? I'm not refering to creatine or glutmine. I mean more of a protein/carb types of drinks. Or even types of foods/fruits anything, that you guys know for a fact really helps out the workout!

Thnx

[DevilsDeity]

water, a lot of water
i consume 1.5-2 gals a day

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Gatorade or power ade

[Terinox]

thnx, but are those before or after ?

what about types of foods if any (small amounts) ?

[DevilsDeity]

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the MCT kinda made me feel heavy so i would say after workout

gatorade and powerade anytime

as far as foods go i donno i eat 6 times a day 3 meals, and 3 shakes

[EXCESS]

MORNING - protein shake, glutamine
PRE WORKOUT- creatine, glutamine
POST WORKOUT- protein shake, creatine
BEDTIME - glutamine

BETWEEN MEALS & SHAKES - BCAA

[Terinox]

bcaa ?

[EXCESS]

Amino acids

[Terinox]

k cool thnx. does it matter what type? I mean they sell them at gnc, are those okay ?

[DevilsDeity]

get them online way cheaper than gnc even w/ a gold card
gnc's mark up is stupid

[dane26]

use the link to the supplement store in jason's signature. i usually eat an orange before i workout, and i have a whey protein shake immediately afterward with glutamine and bcaas. cla's with dinner

[sp33dg33k]

sport drink like power aid or gatorade during and after your workout.

protein shakes throughout the day only if you cant get enough in with real food which is sometimes hard.

[Terinox]

I know about the creatine/glutamine and also the protein shakes and the food diet etc...I was mainly asking for other types of drinks/solids that could be eaten before/after. Preferably before, so that I don't get so hungry during my workout. My workouts are 2 hours.

[PhoenixFire]

WELL I THINK YOU POST WORK OUT MEALS SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT. BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. I WOULD DO A POST WORK OUT SHAKE AS SOON AS YOU DONE WORKING OUT. YOU CAN GO TO WWW.PROTIENFACTORY.COM THEY HAVE A AWESOME POST WORK OUT DRINK. ALSO KEEP YOUR MEALS HIGH IN PROTIEN GI COMPLEX CARBS, AND EASY FATS. OH YA AND YOUR WORK OUTS ARE TO LONG BRO. YOU ARE OVER TRAINING. MY WORK OUTS ARE 45-60MIN SOMETIMES 75MIN. WHEN I WORK OUT ABS.

[Terinox]

Well I go M/W/F and on those days, I workout two mucles groups.
And I also workout abs on all those three days. The shortest I can seem to do it in is 2 hours. BUT I usually feel okay though. I don't feel tired or lose energy, I can go 2 hours easy and my body feels like it's handling it okay, so I think i'm gonna stick to 2 hours, but that's the max, not more then 2.

[lil_josh]

dude terinox, 2 hours is way to long in my opinion, but I suppose everybodys body is difffrent. Maybe you should split your workouts apart and go shorter, just a suggestion.

[Terinox]

i'll think about it, maybe go 5 days instead of 3 a week, still not sure