Anyone know of a 'budget' P90x recovery drink? I'm not really in a position financially to go for the one sold by BeachBody.

My wife and I are going to do the program together (starting Monday Nov 9), so the cost is double. Wish money grew on trees.

Anyway, enough whining (I guess I'm trying to get it out of my system before Monday - haha). Your suggestions would be well appreciated.

Thanks.

%1 chocolate milk. 1 8oz glass should be good.

Why do people keep suggesting chocolate milk?? Does no one realize the amount of sugar in it?

1 cup milk (skim, 1%, or 2%) and 1 scoop of body fortress protein powder from walmart ($15 a tub.) Mix shake (or stir) and drink. I love it. It's got VERY LITTLE carbs and sugar and tastes great. It's not AS GOOD as isopure, but at $50 a tub, isopure gets expensive.

A tub will last ONE person around 30 recovery drinks. If you are drinking it for breakfast like I do, it'll go quicker obviously.

The idea is that when you completely exhaust your muscles, you should have some sugar immediately to restore your glycogen before your body turns to destroying muscle. To be honest, I haven't looked at the science behind it so I'm not claiming it as truth. People claim that there are studies that show a 4:1 ratio of carbs to protein (and much of those crabs coming from sugar) directly after exhausting your muscles is very beneficial.

Chocolate milk is a good recovery drink. Yeah yeah it has sugar but after a tough workout your body needs a LOT of things to recover! If you want, buy some whey protein (chocolate) and mix with with some chocolate milk. only use a little though and the whey protein will last a much longer time.

Thanks for the tips. I've read elsewhere about the chocolate milk...seemed strange to me, but BeachBody's recovery drink has a lot of sugar in it as well, I think for the reasons mentioned here. Chocolate milk is quite a bit cheaper...which is really good. Doing this program exactly as the nutrition guide says (98-100%) is really pricey... unless you're a zombie and can eat the same thing day in and day out. My wife and I just can't do that, but we're still trying to find ways to minimize monetary output and enjoy life.



Thanks again.