What do you guys do for recovery after a medium to hard ride??
06-22-15, 10:34 PM
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What do you guys do for recovery after a medium to hard ride??
Tell me your recovery rituals. what do you eat drink Etc..
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Shower, dress, sit down at my desk and get to work. If it's a particularly hard ride, I'll drink some whey protein and extra water.
06-23-15, 01:50 AM
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None of my rides would probably be called "hard", but I'm pretty new and I'm pushing myself each week. That said, I don't really feel the need to do much recovery—this is primarily cardiovascular activity, and I could probably do the hardest ride I've currently done every other day and feel fine with it. I'd categorize the amount of time I need for recovery to be approximately zero compared to the amount of time I need for anaerobic work.
06-23-15, 03:47 AM
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Shower and take a little nap.
06-23-15, 03:49 AM
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shower, change, stay up all night till it's dawn,
06-23-15, 05:49 AM
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I take a shower, eat dinner, then sit back and relax to a couple of episodes of Stargate SG1 which I am currently enamored with.
06-23-15, 06:56 AM
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What do you guys do for recovery after a medium to hard ride??
06-23-15, 07:34 AM
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Glass of whole milk with ovaltine. I ride first thing in the morning so I'm on an empty stomach other than a cup of coffee.
06-23-15, 08:13 AM
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protein powder in fruit juice. it's gross but it satisfies your needs. but if you're asking this question I wonder what you know about nutrition timing before and possibly during rides. keep researching and you'll get there 
06-23-15, 08:48 AM
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Beer and a steak the size of my torso.
06-23-15, 12:08 PM
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Hard rides, protein shake then later chug down some cherries or Cherry juice/Tea. They say these drinks help with recovery.
In my high school years we ran half a marathon at 5pm after classes, played rugby for 1 hr then smoked cigs
how life has changed
In my high school years we ran half a marathon at 5pm after classes, played rugby for 1 hr then smoked cigs
how life has changed
06-23-15, 01:05 PM
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and as far as I can remember there were no plastic water bottles. I guess we drank water but I don't recall being so "hydration" conscious
06-23-15, 01:53 PM
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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, 01:59 PM
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beer and pizza
06-23-15, 05:38 PM
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There probably isn't anything I'll do that's out of routine, besides maybe take a nap, but I tend to eat and drink more, and sooner if the ride was especially long or hard.
