Recovering muscles

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I've started having shakes with whey protein, oats and water and / or milk on my workout days. I have 50g of oats and 30g protein with milk for a pre-workout and then I have the same but with water for a post workout.

Now, I've noticed a dramatic improvement in muscle recovery and I do not ache half as much which is only a good thing. There is nothing like the feeling of waking up and aching, I love it.

But it got me thinking....

Sometimes I go to the gym straight from work and do not have a pre-workout shake, sometimes I am too full to eat one. So do I *have* to have oats? Can I just have the protein with say fruit / water / milk??

Also, I only take shakes on the days I do exercise. The last time I went to the gym was Monday. Before I went to the gym I had a fresh chicken, with potatoes and mixed veg. I made a shake with about 50g of oats and 30g whey protein with milk and some robinsons summer fruits (tastes lovely - try it!)

When I got in after the gym I made the same, but with water instead of milk.

I woke up the next morning and felt a bit achy as expected, and the next day as well. Today I woke up ache free and since that post-workout shake I have not had another shake. Today I will have one pre and one post workout as I'm playing 5-a-side quite late at 9.30pm KO.

Is this a good idea to only have shakes pre-and post workouts rather than everyday?? Sometimes I just don't have the appetite.
 
My diet is pretty healthy, I eat well and get plenty of carbs so the oats is another way of adding 'clean carbs' in to my body. However I find 100g too much which I originally planned out so cut that in half and I find that a lot better.

I'll try having pre and post workout shakes with water and then one before I go to bed (which may turn out to be the post workout shake as sometimes I get back late from the gym) and see how it goes.

Ta for the advice, I was kind of thinking out loud, but just need reassuring.

Are there any websites that show recipes for protein shakes? I sometimes find that I'm putting too much liquid in to it to make it edible and it means having nearly two pints of supplements for one shake. I should probably buy better oats.
 
The biggest glass I own besides a vase is a pint glass.

I use a new blender I picked up that can blend upto 2L in a multitude of ways, but I was under the impression that I could fit a shake in a pint glass.

The first time I attempted to make a shake I did the following:

100g oats,
30g whey protein,
cocoa powder,
+ skimmed milk.

I kept adding milk until it didn't look sludgy and I poured the first glass. Looked fine so drank that reasonably quickly. I then poured the 2nd and it was sludge. About the bottom 6th of a pint glass was full of sludge where the oats hasn't mixed.

How do I get around this problem? How long do you mix it for? My blender is pretty good, and when I use it for too long I can smell burnt motors :D
 
S7yl3s said:
Buy a shaker. Just stick the oats in a blender by themselves and blend. Then put water in the shakes, 600-700ml and then add the whey and then add the oats and shake.

Works a beauty.
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I put it all in at the same time, you might of solved my problem.

So, oats into a blender, give it a blast, add some water, give it a blast, add in the whey, give it a blast. Flavour to taste, give it a blast.

DOWN THE HATCH?
 
I think my problem with the oats is also my blender. It's quite a large one and the blades have quite a gap between the sides and the blade, so it chops up so much oats but the ones untouched fall down the side behind the blades, so not being touched. I might have to try blending them and shaking it about.
 
Yeah it does have the Pulse button. Very noisy using that way as well.

Man, I'm aching today :( Gym was dead last night as it was v. hot so abused the equipment a little to hard.
 
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