I am looking for a suggestions on nutritional suppliments after my workouts. High carbo, High protein? I swim in the morning 3 days/wk, weights 2 days/wk. I eat a whole grain cereal before my workout. Does anyone suggest one of those protein or cabo drinks that are highly advertised, I never trust those adds. I was thinking some sort of protein supplement, but I don't need to bulk up my muscles, as I am a swimmer not a muscle head. I just want some sort of muscle recovery supplement. I go straight to work after my workouts, so I need something "on the go".
Any suggestions?
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From the March, 2008, issue of "Nutrition Action Healthletter", published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (http://www.cspinet.org/):
Caffeine helps the body burn fat instead of carbohydrate, and it blunts the perception of pain. Both can boost endurance.
For example, endurance runners who ran to exhaustion on a treadmill lasted an average of 32 minutes without caffeine, but made it to 42 minutes after drinking coffee with around 250 mg of caffeine.
And you don't have to be a trained athlete to benefit.
"There's no question that caffeine will improve aerobic physical endurance in non-athletes as well," says Harris Lieberman, a psychologist and caffeine investigator at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., adding that people who run, jog, swim, or cycle can last longer if they've had 200 mg to 600 mg of caffeine beforehand.
"And new research suggests that caffeine can also improve anaerobic performance," he adds. That includes lifting heavy objects and sprinting short distances.
From the March, 2008, issue of "Nutrition Action Healthletter", published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (http://www.cspinet.org/):
Caffeine helps the body burn fat instead of carbohydrate, and it blunts the perception of pain. Both can boost endurance.
For example, endurance runners who ran to exhaustion on a treadmill lasted an average of 32 minutes without caffeine, but made it to 42 minutes after drinking coffee with around 250 mg of caffeine.
And you don't have to be a trained athlete to benefit.
"There's no question that caffeine will improve aerobic physical endurance in non-athletes as well," says Harris Lieberman, a psychologist and caffeine investigator at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., adding that people who run, jog, swim, or cycle can last longer if they've had 200 mg to 600 mg of caffeine beforehand.
"And new research suggests that caffeine can also improve anaerobic performance," he adds. That includes lifting heavy objects and sprinting short distances.
