What do you guys do for recovery after a medium to hard ride??
06-23-15, 06:17 PM
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The absolute first thing I do is go to the fridge and get a beer for anything over 40 miles because it seriously tastes like heaven. Then I'll shower, post my ride to strava and start doing school work.
06-23-15, 09:52 PM
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~12oz chocolate milk (or regular milk + tablespoon of brown sugar), 1/2 to 1 scoop of unflavored protein powder (Now Sports whey protein isolate), add water to fill the blender bottle up to 16 or 20 oz, and shake. The extra water helps thin it down. I probably don't need a full scoop for my size.
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I wolf down a handful of deli meat slices which pretty much covers what protein and calorie is helpful, and a couple of bottles of water after weighing myself (never before) so that I can pretend to have lost some weight, spend about an hour feeling virtuous and then ... beer.
06-23-15, 10:59 PM
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You beer drinkers are lucky i feel that when i do drink a beer or two or three or four or five or six , i don't recover at all ,, hmm
i get home from a hard ride take my protein, diner, coke soda, shower and massage my legs i feel it helps with soreness, and during my ride i drink accelerade.. accelerade helps me recover faster.
i get home from a hard ride take my protein, diner, coke soda, shower and massage my legs i feel it helps with soreness, and during my ride i drink accelerade.. accelerade helps me recover faster.
06-24-15, 01:17 PM
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You beer drinkers are lucky i feel that when i do drink a beer or two or three or four or five or six , i don't recover at all ,, hmm
i get home from a hard ride take my protein, diner, coke soda, shower and massage my legs i feel it helps with soreness, and during my ride i drink accelerade.. accelerade helps me recover faster.
i get home from a hard ride take my protein, diner, coke soda, shower and massage my legs i feel it helps with soreness, and during my ride i drink accelerade.. accelerade helps me recover faster.
06-24-15, 01:44 PM
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OJ and BCAA if it was moderately challenging.
Beer is delicious, but it doesn't provide recovery glycogen or protein, plus it normally encourages me to eat more junk, so I skip it these days.
Beer is delicious, but it doesn't provide recovery glycogen or protein, plus it normally encourages me to eat more junk, so I skip it these days.
06-24-15, 06:12 PM
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I go straight to the dam grill and throw on a steak. Shower is after I stuff my face haha. I come back home starving.
06-24-15, 06:58 PM
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I don't think I ride "hard" compared to most of you. I'm such a beginner. But I do sweat a lot. A quick shower and then a cup of V8 is very refreshing.
06-24-15, 07:22 PM
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Usually NOT beer, since most of our rides start around dawn. However on rare special occasions, like birthdays and holidays, we will imbibe post ride at one of our local breweries.
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06-24-15, 07:33 PM
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Why the artificial timing boundary? Call me a booze hound, but one thing I really enjoyed about a recent bike tour in Italy was beer in the morning or Grappa - with or without espresso - any time of day.... The latter was like rocket fuel. 
06-24-15, 08:21 PM
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I really don't drink beer at all unless I ride. Or anything else alcoholic. It's just post long ride I want nothing more than beer. Not a lot, 1-3 depending on how hot/far but it's like a ritual. I throw the bike in the living room and go straight to the fridge.
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Do some housework?
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Live to ride.....ride to drink.....chochlate milk!!!
06-25-15, 06:19 AM
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I have a massage bed that heats and has programable rollers in it. Great for the back and legs. Also, water, fruit and possibly some peanut butter.
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4 scoops of chocolate Recoverite in a blender with 10 ounces of ice cold water, blend for a few seconds, then pour into a huge frozen glass from the freezer! works every time...
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Shower, then Normatec.
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