I'm going to try this stuff out. I've been getting calf cramps the last 30 minutes of 90 minute workouts, depending on the types of sets we're doing (it's worse on distance sets).
I saw a guy in my group chugging something after workout and he said he's less sore the next day if he drinks it.
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One of the primary flaws inherent with most sports drinks is their reliance on simple sugar as the carbohydrate source. The use of simple sugar such as glucose, sucrose, and fructose not only severely limits the amount of calories that can be efficiently digested and utilized for energy, it may cause wild fluctuations in energy levels. (from hammer... if i were a chemist, i would think for myself regarding this topic, but since others have already done the work, i may as well stand on their shoulders)
Advertising is not research. This is research: jap.physiology.org/.../1877
If you can find where maltodextrin is shown to be a better carb than any other carb for post workout recovery drinks, I would love to see it.
Maltodextrin has the same absorption rates as glucose, and a higher glycemic index, neither fact backs up Hammer's advertising claim of being a more stable energy source nor having a higher absorption rate than sugar.
I use Endurox and I am happy to recommend it to other people. Yep, it has sugar in it. Lots. And I find that yummy.
When it comes to one sports drink over another, use the one that you like the best. This is probably a taste difference more than anything since the formulations of macronutrients is approximately the same when comparing protein+carb drinks.
One of the primary flaws inherent with most sports drinks is their reliance on simple sugar as the carbohydrate source. The use of simple sugar such as glucose, sucrose, and fructose not only severely limits the amount of calories that can be efficiently digested and utilized for energy, it may cause wild fluctuations in energy levels. (from hammer... if i were a chemist, i would think for myself regarding this topic, but since others have already done the work, i may as well stand on their shoulders)
Advertising is not research. This is research: jap.physiology.org/.../1877
If you can find where maltodextrin is shown to be a better carb than any other carb for post workout recovery drinks, I would love to see it.
Maltodextrin has the same absorption rates as glucose, and a higher glycemic index, neither fact backs up Hammer's advertising claim of being a more stable energy source nor having a higher absorption rate than sugar.
I use Endurox and I am happy to recommend it to other people. Yep, it has sugar in it. Lots. And I find that yummy.
When it comes to one sports drink over another, use the one that you like the best. This is probably a taste difference more than anything since the formulations of macronutrients is approximately the same when comparing protein+carb drinks.
