Recovery Drinks

Recovery Drinks

by - Ryan Whitney

Recovery is essential to any athlete no matter what level you participate at. Whether you're training for the Super Bowl or just to lose some weight around your stomach it is important to make sure your body heals. Recovery drinks and foods can help you feel and perform better. After a tough workout your body needs several thing; protein, electrolytes, water, and sugar.

The type of exercise you did changes the kind of recovery drink you need. Say if you were doing long distance running you would need a drink with plenty of water and electrolytes as you would have lost a lot of both of those in sweat. You also would need sugar because your blood sugar (glucose) will have dropped. Popular sports drinks like Gatorade can be effective at replenishing your body. Simply drinking lemonade or juice can work just as well.

However If you were doing a weightlifting workout, your muscles will have been stretched and torn and you need protein to repair them. Sugar is also need, because glycogen stores will have been depleted pushing weights around for an hour or two. Products like Muscle Milk have both of these, but if you want you can purchase protein powders online or at a grocery store that will also serve this purpose.

Quick and Easy Breakfast Recipes

Quick and Easy Breakfast Recipes

Jenna Seiler 

Scrambled eggs with bacon and toast

1. Crack eggs into a bowl. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
2. Mix with a fork until scrambled.
3. Heat a pan and add bacon strips. Flip halfway. Fry until done.
4. Put a slice of bread in the toaster. Toast until done.
5. Heat a little butter in a pan. Add scrambled eggs.
6. Scrambled them until done!!

Yogurt, granola, and fruit parfait

1. Add vanilla yogurt to a cup. Fill halfway.
2. Layer strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries on top of yogurt.
3. Add more vanilla yogurt on top of fruit.
4. Pile granola on top of the parfait.
5. Enjoy!

French toast and sausage

1. Scrambled two eggs and ¼ cup milk in a bowl.
2. Add a dash of cinnamon.
3. Dip 2 slices of bread into egg mixture.
4. Put 2 frozen sausage links in a pan with a tablespoon of water. Cover with a lid.
5. Fry sausages 5 minutes, then remove lid. Fry another 2 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, heat butter in a pan. Add bread to pan.
7. Fry toast until golden brown.
8. Serve french toast and sausage with maple syrup!

Music - Spice Up Your Routine!

Music can be a very beneficial part of a workout if you use it correctly. Music has a certain affect on people when they listen, it can improve their moods, get their adrenaline up, and it can even calm people down. Almost every professional athlete has their personal pregame hype-up playlist.

Music can influencing certain memories and desires that can make the person inclined towards that memory. Say someone that when listening to a happy song with an upbeat tune, that person's mood will be lifted because of the tune and tempo.

Here are a few playlists we recommend for your specific workout routines. WARNING - Some of these song contain explicit words, clean versions are available if searched for. - by: Jack Patten

Warm Up-

1. Bring em out by T.I.
2. Lose Yourself by Eminem
3. All of the Lights by Kanye West
4. Work remix by A$AP Ferg
5. We Ready by Archie Eversole
6. Ali Bomaye by The Game
7. Numb/Encore by Jay-Z
8. Black Skinhead by kanye West
9. Plain Jane by A$AP Ferg
10. Put On by Young Jeezy

Workout-

1. Where the Hood at by DMX
2. ‘Till I Collapse by Eminem
3. Survival by Eminem
4. Stronger by Kanye West
5. Humble by kendrick Lamar
6. The Spiteful Chant by Kendrick Lamar
7. House Party by Meek Mill
8. Jungle Remix by X Ambassadors
9. Watch Out by 2 Chainz
10. X Gon’ Giv It To Ya by DMX

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