Hello Everyone. Just hoping for everyone’s opinion on the following PWO shake.

1 scoop allthewhey protein
4 scoops of dextrose
1 tbsp of low fat peanut butter
1 cup milk

The peanut butter adds a GREAT taste to the shake... :drool:

Thanks in advance!

My view is that PWO is functional not for flavour. Any fat in there reduces the insulin responce. Personally i would kill the Peanut butter and the Milk they are a waste of your effort. Dex + flavoured Whey is plenty palletable.
Widers

My view is that PWO is functional not for flavour. Any fat in there reduces the insulin responce. Personally i would kill the Peanut butter and the Milk they are a waste of your effort. Dex + flavoured Whey is plenty palletable.
Widers

Exactly. If you're looking for good taste, save that for your PPWO--chicken breast or fish with spices or something with a sweet potato and/or brown rice.

The fat and milk will slow the "shuttle" factor of the dextrose for sure.

As an aside, I LOVE my pwo shake of chocolate whey isolate and dex--soooooo sweet and chocolatey :tu: --how much more taste do you need? :drool: I can't wait till after my leg day today :bb:

Agreed, no milk, no PB in PWO nutrition.

Wow, thanks for the response! Would having milk in my pre-workout shake be better?

Wow, thanks for the response! Would having milk in my pre-workout shake be better?

I don't see why it wouldn't be a problem. I've got several buddies that down some yogurt, ya know? Both milk and yogurt have a good combination of protein and carbs.

Personally, I try to stay away from dairy products unless its a cheat day (pizza or something similar)--just trying to see how it effects my cut.

But I think you should be all set. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Wow, thanks for the response! Would having milk in my pre-workout shake be better?

After reading this thread, I obly had a protien bar before my workout. I do legs on Thursday and wasn't sure I was going to have the energy to complete it. I normally have a shake (Whey, milk and a banana) about 30 minutes before my workout and I think I will stick to that.

The lack of energy is possibly due to my increasing my squats, single leg press and military press weights. I am not sure, but I have never felt this lack of energy during my workout.

I PWO shake used to be the same as my PreWO shake, but I changed that after this thread. I don't have any dextrose, so I used half a pack of strawberry/banana smoothie mix, with 12 ozs of water and 2 scoops of chocolate whey. This gave me 42 grams of sugar carbs. It was a little too sweet for me (this coming from someone who would eat almost 2 of those large hershey bars a week, plus any other sweets he could find). Is dextrose as sweet as this?

you can get some dex from kent nutrition for uber cheap.

I don't have any dextrose, so I used half a pack of strawberry/banana smoothie mix, with 12 ozs of water and 2 scoops of chocolate whey. This gave me 42 grams of sugar carbs.

It's important to make sure you're using the right kind of sugar - when it comes to a PWO, dextrose and maltodextrine are the best because of which glycogen stores they refill. If you're using sucrose (table sugar) or fructose, you're not getting the same effect.

If you can get your hands on dextrose, I'd suggest doing it. If not, powdered gatorade works ok - but again, it's got some sucrose mixed in with the dextrose.

The lack of energy is possibly due to my increasing my squats, single leg press and military press weights. I am not sure, but I have never felt this lack of energy during my workout.
It really sounds to me like your lack of energy can be more attributed to your improper PWO nutrition. You must refill glycogen stores, and using a whey, milk, bananna shake is probably not going to get that done. I am not sure how much improvement you will see using a MRP with 42 grams of "sugar carbs". That could work, but more detailed information would need to be provided. I would not try to reinvent the wheel on this one. You have only one opportunity to get PWO nutrition right, and you do not want to minimize your progress by skimping on it, or just "throwing something together". Best of luck to you. :tu:

There is an interesting article about this at the HST website. It deals with Pre and Post Workout and night time nutrition.

http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/hsn_artcls_prepostnutrition.html