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What is a recovery drink?A recovery drink is a substance that you take into your body that helps give you back some of the energy lost through physical assertion. A popular example of a recovery drink would be Gatorade. Gatorade is a drink that many athletes have come out and endorsed over the years because they feel that it helps put back a lot of the fluids lost from the body over the course of a workout or a sporting event. Any drink that is used to that effect for any physical exertion is usually referred to as being a recovery drink.
This article will answer some of the more frequently answered questions about recovery drinks. We have devoted a whole section to recovery drinks and recovery bars so please come back often to find reviews on specific products.
How do recovery drinks work?The basic premise of a recovery drink is that it is able to replace something that you lose when you exercise or physically exert yourself in some way. For the most basic of the recovery drinks available on the marketplace, this means replacing the water that your body has given off in the form of perspiration. For this reason, water was the original recovery drink because people would drink water after they had been running and were dehydrated from exercise. Water is easily the most effective drink at replacing itself within the human body, but over the course of time other drinks were developed that were found to be better at facilitating the overall recovery process.
The main reason for this is that health scientists and kinesiology experts began to realize that people lose more than just water when they physically exert their bodies. Different electrolytes (chemicals that help with other processes in the body) can be lost as well and frequently are lost in large numbers during exercise. This means that a person can feel hydrated, but still not be in top physical condition because of the fact that the water they drank did not do enough to replace the electrolytes in the body. Therefore, most of the popular recovery drinks in the modern era not only help rehydrate the body, but they also help replace some of those lost electrolytes. Gatorade started this trend and other recovery drinks have continued it with higher effectiveness.
What time is it best to take a recovery drink after a work out?That depends on the type of workout you are doing. Aerobic workouts are workouts that result in your body producing energy from oxygen. These types of workouts include running, jogging and anything else in that vein that you might do as a workout. With aerobic workouts , it is less important as to exactly when you take a recovery drink as your body replenishes its supply of oxygen through your breathing both before and after the workout. That having been said however, your perspiration will cause a loss of nutrients aside from just water and oxygen however, so make sure you take one as soon as is comfortable to do so.
With anaerobic workouts, it is arguably more important to take a recovery drink as soon as possible because of the fact that there is no oxygen utilized in these types of workouts for energy creation within the body. Instead, your body creates energy from whatever chemicals are available at the time, causing a build up of lactic acid that creates the burn effect that everyone that has ever done a workout is familiar with. In order to replenish those forces as soon as possible and therefore reduce the time of recovery, taking a drink right after the workout is essential.
Many people that are experienced with recovery drinks will simply grab one on the way to the showers and consume part of it before the shower and part of it after the shower, regardless of whether they were involved in aerobic or anaerobic activity . This is not to suggest that this method is ideal for everyone, but it might be a good starting point to see how your body reacts. Then, through a process of trial and error, you can find the time that is right for you.
Is there scientific evidence recovery drinks help reduce recovery times?There are two main sources of scientific evidence that back up the use of recovery drinks after workouts. The first source of evidence comes from studies that have been done with drinks such as Gatorade and other similar recovery drinks that show a correlation between recovery time and the consumption of the electrolyte substances that recovery drinks provide. The second source of evidence is indirect in nature and it comes from studies that have shown positive correlations between stamina and the presence of certain substances in the body. While individual recovery drinks differ, most of them will help replenish one or more of the substances in question, which indirectly goes to show that recovery drinks can help.
Should I take recovery drinks before my workout ever?This is an interesting question and one that has been the source of intense debate within the academic and non-academic communities. Generally speaking, recovery drinks work by replacing electrolytes and water molecules into the body. From a scientific perspective, this means an injection of calories into the body as well. If you are going into a workout in good physical condition, this means that from an academic standpoint there is no need to take a recovery drink. However, some weight lifters swear by a strategy of getting two full intensity workouts into a day by taking recovery drinks before and after the first workout. Once again, there is a large amount of room for personal preference here, but if you workout at the start of each day when you are fully refreshed, there is no reason for taking one beforehand.
Is there an advantage to a recovery drink over a recovery bar?In the scientific sense, recovery drinks tend to work a bit faster than recovery bars as they are in a liquid state rather than a solid state. When the drinks just have water and the needed electrolytes, the body can absorb them quicker than it would be able to in the solid state with a number of other substances present. This is probably already common sense to you, since you know that drinking a glass of water tends to have a much quicker effect than eating a hamburger and the same is true for recovery drinks versus recovery bars.
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1. P90X Recovery plus Whey Protein shake??
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 , on 02-11-2009 20:38
The p90x recovery drink only has 10 grams of protein. I weigh 220lbs and I want to gain muscle mass (also lose fat), should I consume a whey protein shake on top of the p90x recovery drink? |
2. Differences in Recovery drinks
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, on 30-10-2009 14:32
I have been doing the P90X workout and have been using the P90X recovery drink however I recently had a cupon for Muscle Max ARM (Anabolic Recovery Matrix). I noticed that the amounts of protein, Glutamine, creatine and other ingredients in MAX ARM are almost 3 to 5 times as much as is in the P90X drink (i.e P90X=10g Protien, MAX ARM=28g.
Am I over doing it? I will probably switch back to the P90X drink once this container is gone since it cost about 20 bucks more per container for about 10 less servings unless the added ingredients are better for me. Can anyone give me some guidance. I am about to start phase two of the P90X workout. |
3. europe
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, on 30-06-2009 11:47
I attempted to work out with out the recovery drink and I was very difficult to start my routine everyday due to the pain associated with new muscles I found in places I never thought muscle could grow.
After 1 week I couldn't get the pain past my mind but after starting again I stopped again because I ran out of recovery drink. Did I mention How great it tastes, the other stuff makes me wanna barf!
I am moving to Spain Europe and I'm concerned I won't find this P90X recovery drink abroad.
any suggestions?
thanks
mark |
4. to many carbs bad?
Written by Glenn, on 20-02-2009 08:09
This question is a very good one Marcus and is also hugely controversial for both sides. However, my opinion is that it is beneficial.
Do some search engine research on "Nutrient Timing" if you want a full explanation. Some books on it also.
The general gist of what you should find is that in clinical tests subjects who used the 3:1 carb to protein drink with some high GI (Glycemic Index) carb improved in every category from cortisol response, protein synthesis, and presence of fat burning enzymes. |
5. Question
Written by Marcus, on 19-02-2009 19:05
I heard that taking a recovery drink with to many carbs, after a workout (specifically like cardio/aerobic) can actually mess up the weight loss function, as the carbs will spike your insulin and halt weight loss. Is there any truth in that? I am taking the beachbody recovery drink at this time, but plan on changing over to the Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Protein next, in effort to get more protein in my system. |
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