I am currently a three sport athlete in my senior year of high school. I am playing a sport around two hours a day, except weekends when I usually have a game. On any day off I am usually lifting. I am also in school during the day and often get quite hungry between classes. Therefore would it be wise to sip a metabolic drive shake throughout the day up until my sport begins? Also while playing the sport would it be more beneficial to take surge workout fuel or recovery or both? Then while lifting, at what times would I want to consume these three things. Will I be going overboard by using any of these too much?
Right now ( in terms of supplements) I am doing this:
Breakfast: with my shake about half a scoop of metabolic drive
During Workout: Surge Workout Fuel
Post workout: one scoop of metabolic drive with shake
Why can’t you eat in between classes? And have a big breakfast? And eat fruit or w/e during classes? Get two lunches, etc
Eat a REAL breakfast dude. The benefits of having several solid meals before your workout far outweight anything else. If you want the best results, do it all.
Understand Surge Workout and Recovery are entirely different.
Surge Workout Fuel is a pure carbohydrate product with special ingredients. The aim is to keep blood glucose levels stable peri-workout and fuel a long workout. Which doesn’t mean shit when all you’ve eaten all day is protein. Get it?
Surge Recovery addresses the PWO situation by providing aminos and carbohydrates to replenish depleted glycogen and reverse catabolism by upregulating muscle protein synthesis.
If you want the best results, which you clearly do since you’ve already invested in those products, you should be having meals with protein, fat, and carbs (preferably fruits) to fuel your workout. Then you can worry about workout fuel and PWO
Alright, well my full breakfast is usually something along the lines of: a shake with one banana, some frozen fruits such as blueberries or strawberries, milk, a raw egg ( I haven’t gotten salmonella yet) and then that half scoop then usually a bagel with cream cheese or butter and maybe a fried egg. I take a daily MV and two flax seed pills
We are not allowed to have food in the hallways, so I try to eat lunch during lunch and a free period which is usually something like: a sandwich on whole grain bread with ham, turkey or tuna and cheese, some yogurt, an apple and/or orange and a salad.
My second lunch will usually be something along the lines of a yogurt and banana.
Before sports there is usually not much to eat so I try and have an instant oatmeal or something…would taking more fruit be a better idea at lunch and eating it pre-sport be better?
Dinner is usually some form of meat whether it is chicken, steak sausage or fish along with some form of green vegetable and starchy vegetable.
Late night snack is usually some form of nuts, yogurt or fruit followed with a teaspoon of cod liver oil pre bed
So what I’m wondering then is, is it a smart idea to have a protein shake to drink when I am unable to get a real meal or snack in during the five minutes between classes.
Then pre during and post sport what should I consume?
If I am going to lift immediately after or am just lifting that day what should I consume?
When is the best time to have these supplements? Can I have some more tips on eating pre and post workout if I am doing technically two workouts a day?
Thanks
oh, that sounds a lot better. I thought you were just eating protein.
If you need more protein, then I don’t see any harm. If you don’t and just want some food, it’s pretty easy to backpack a banana or something. I would make it a priority to get 1-2 big ass meals with all the macros before training either way.
Surge Workout Fuel is supposed to be sipped on throughout your session.
In general, having your last whole meal anywhere from 1-3 hours before your workout is good. But if you make it to the workout and haven’t eaten since breakfast, you are best off getting something in your stomach.
As far as a PWO meal, if you are following the surge recovery or just protein + carb liquid meal template- which is good, then anything from immediately post workout to half an hour later is good.
You probably feel tired and depleted after your workout. It’s important, especially if you are exercising again later in the day, to refuel. The high GI protein and carb meal is going to replenish energy stores more effectively than anything else for the other workout.
Basically, you should have as much as you need before you are full and satisfied. Whether that is 50g of carbs or 150 just depends on you and your workout.
It’s pretty likely that you will get hungry again after your carb and protein shake 45 mins to a couple hours later, at which point consuming a standard solid meal with all the macros is advisable.