Surge Question for the Women.

Nutrition
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My girlfriend has been hitting the gym with me. As of now, we both drink a Metabolic Drive Complete in the AM for breakfast, and then Surge Recovery after our workouts.

I weigh about 240, and she’s a bit more than 100 pounds lighter.

At first, I was giving here the full 88 gram serving of Surge. I make the shakes because she meets me at the gym directly from class.

Question is, since she weighs so much less, could we get away with a smaller serving? I was thinking about making hers this way:

8 Ounces Water
8 Ounces Moo-topia Milk*
44 Grams Surge Recovery.

What do you think? What are other women using PWO?

*HEB Moo-topia milk has 14 grams of protein, 7 carbs, and .5 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.

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Definitely scale it down I’d say. I only take half of the recommended servings personally. If I’m looking to get 1g/lb of protein, there is not much point taking the same amount as someone who is 100 lbs heavier than me. Plus that is going to get heavy in calories pretty quick and I’d rather eat more food for those calories.

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[quote]debraD wrote:
Definitely scale it down I’d say. I only take half of the recommended servings personally. If I’m looking to get 1g/lb of protein, there is not much point taking the same amount as someone who is 100 lbs heavier than me. Plus that is going to get heavy in calories pretty quick and I’d rather eat more food for those calories.[/quote]

That is what her and I were thinking.

On a side note, I need to get her back to look like yours.

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:slight_smile: Thank you!

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[quote]DOHCrazy wrote:
My girlfriend has been hitting the gym with me. As of now, we both drink a Metabolic Drive Complete in the AM for breakfast, and then Surge Recovery after our workouts.

I weigh about 240, and she’s a bit more than 100 pounds lighter.

At first, I was giving here the full 88 gram serving of Surge. I make the shakes because she meets me at the gym directly from class.

Question is, since she weighs so much less, could we get away with a smaller serving? I was thinking about making hers this way:

8 Ounces Water
8 Ounces Moo-topia Milk*
44 Grams Surge Recovery.

What do you think? What are other women using PWO?

*HEB Moo-topia milk has 14 grams of protein, 7 carbs, and .5 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.
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I’d also say you need to factor in what are her goals? And what is her training volume like?

If she’s trying to lose fat and not doing a lot of high volume, high intensity, glycogen depleting workouts, then yea, scale it down. But if she is trying to gain mass and is working her ass off in the gym, then a full serving is definitely not out of the question.

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[quote]KateK wrote:
DOHCrazy wrote:

My girlfriend has been hitting the gym with me. As of now, we both drink a Metabolic Drive Complete in the AM for breakfast, and then Surge Recovery after our workouts.

I weigh about 240, and she’s a bit more than 100 pounds lighter.

At first, I was giving here the full 88 gram serving of Surge. I make the shakes because she meets me at the gym directly from class.

Question is, since she weighs so much less, could we get away with a smaller serving? I was thinking about making hers this way:

8 Ounces Water
8 Ounces Moo-topia Milk*
44 Grams Surge Recovery.

What do you think? What are other women using PWO?

*HEB Moo-topia milk has 14 grams of protein, 7 carbs, and .5 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.

I’d also say you need to factor in what are her goals? And what is her training volume like?
If she’s trying to lose fat and not doing a lot of high volume, high intensity, glycogen depleting workouts, then yea, scale it down. But if she is trying to gain mass and is working her ass off in the gym, then a full serving is definitely not out of the question.
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Volume is just slightly less than mine. We’ve gotten form down, and she is really starting to push herself.

As of now, she has told me that she is liking what she sees in the mirror better than ever, even though the scale has stayed the same.

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[quote]DOHCrazy wrote:
KateK wrote:
DOHCrazy wrote:
Seems as if the figure athlete site is down.

My girlfriend has been hitting the gym with me. As of now, we both drink a Metabolic Drive Complete in the AM for breakfast, and then Surge Recovery after our workouts.

I weigh about 240, and she’s a bit more than 100 pounds lighter.

At first, I was giving here the full 88 gram serving of Surge. I make the shakes because she meets me at the gym directly from class.

Question is, since she weighs so much less, could we get away with a smaller serving? I was thinking about making hers this way:

8 Ounces Water
8 Ounces Moo-topia Milk*
44 Grams Surge Recovery.

What do you think? What are other women using PWO?

*HEB Moo-topia milk has 14 grams of protein, 7 carbs, and .5 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.

I’d also say you need to factor in what are her goals? And what is her training volume like?
If she’s trying to lose fat and not doing a lot of high volume, high intensity, glycogen depleting workouts, then yea, scale it down. But if she is trying to gain mass and is working her ass off in the gym, then a full serving is definitely not out of the question.

Volume is just slightly less than mine. We’ve gotten form down, and she is really starting to push herself.

As of now, she has told me that she is liking what she sees in the mirror better than ever, even though the scale has stayed the same.
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Well if she has been taking a full serving and she’s liking the results of her body, then I say keep the full serving in- it is obviously doing its job and the carbs are going to good places.
If it aint broke, don’t fix it?

Also, wanted to add that it is very cool that you and your girlfriend lift together!

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What KateK said! If it’s working keep doing it! I was assuming you were correcting something. Disregard what I said.

Change it only if it stops working.

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[quote]KateK wrote:
DOHCrazy wrote:
KateK wrote:
DOHCrazy wrote:
Seems as if the figure athlete site is down.

My girlfriend has been hitting the gym with me. As of now, we both drink a Metabolic Drive Complete in the AM for breakfast, and then Surge Recovery after our workouts.

I weigh about 240, and she’s a bit more than 100 pounds lighter.

At first, I was giving here the full 88 gram serving of Surge. I make the shakes because she meets me at the gym directly from class.

Question is, since she weighs so much less, could we get away with a smaller serving? I was thinking about making hers this way:

8 Ounces Water
8 Ounces Moo-topia Milk*
44 Grams Surge Recovery.

What do you think? What are other women using PWO?

*HEB Moo-topia milk has 14 grams of protein, 7 carbs, and .5 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.

I’d also say you need to factor in what are her goals? And what is her training volume like?
If she’s trying to lose fat and not doing a lot of high volume, high intensity, glycogen depleting workouts, then yea, scale it down. But if she is trying to gain mass and is working her ass off in the gym, then a full serving is definitely not out of the question.

Volume is just slightly less than mine. We’ve gotten form down, and she is really starting to push herself.

As of now, she has told me that she is liking what she sees in the mirror better than ever, even though the scale has stayed the same.

Well if she has been taking a full serving and she’s liking the results of her body, then I say keep the full serving in- it is obviously doing its job and the carbs are going to good places.
If it aint broke, don’t fix it?

Also, wanted to add that it is very cool that you and your girlfriend lift together!
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At first, I would go to the gym in the mornings, and then meet her to ‘train’ her when she was done with class. Once she got started, I decided that took too much time out of my day, so I just go at the same time she does.

She’s getting to the point where she doesn’t really need my help unless I am spotting something like bench press. We just go about our own workouts while at the gym.

Also, she hasn’t been taking Surge Recovery since we started working out, only for about a week and a half now.

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[quote]DOHCrazy wrote:
KateK wrote:
DOHCrazy wrote:
KateK wrote:
DOHCrazy wrote:
Seems as if the figure athlete site is down.

My girlfriend has been hitting the gym with me. As of now, we both drink a Metabolic Drive Complete in the AM for breakfast, and then Surge Recovery after our workouts.

I weigh about 240, and she’s a bit more than 100 pounds lighter.

At first, I was giving here the full 88 gram serving of Surge. I make the shakes because she meets me at the gym directly from class.

Question is, since she weighs so much less, could we get away with a smaller serving? I was thinking about making hers this way:

8 Ounces Water
8 Ounces Moo-topia Milk*
44 Grams Surge Recovery.

What do you think? What are other women using PWO?

*HEB Moo-topia milk has 14 grams of protein, 7 carbs, and .5 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.

I’d also say you need to factor in what are her goals? And what is her training volume like?
If she’s trying to lose fat and not doing a lot of high volume, high intensity, glycogen depleting workouts, then yea, scale it down. But if she is trying to gain mass and is working her ass off in the gym, then a full serving is definitely not out of the question.

Volume is just slightly less than mine. We’ve gotten form down, and she is really starting to push herself.

As of now, she has told me that she is liking what she sees in the mirror better than ever, even though the scale has stayed the same.

Well if she has been taking a full serving and she’s liking the results of her body, then I say keep the full serving in- it is obviously doing its job and the carbs are going to good places.
If it aint broke, don’t fix it?

Also, wanted to add that it is very cool that you and your girlfriend lift together!

At first, I would go to the gym in the mornings, and then meet her to ‘train’ her when she was done with class. Once she got started, I decided that took too much time out of my day, so I just go at the same time she does.

She’s getting to the point where she doesn’t really need my help unless I am spotting something like bench press. We just go about our own workouts while at the gym.

Also, she hasn’t been taking Surge Recovery since we started working out, only for about a week and a half now.
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Oh, gotcha. Well I’d say go with a full serving on high intensity, higher volume days with bigger muscle groups (like legs, back) and half a serving on days with smaller muscle groups or reduced volume.

The carbs are going to go to refueling muscle glycogen so long as she is in there training hard. If she finds she’s putting on unwanted weight or fat, then reduce them.

Just my suggestions. Good luck!