Gatorade is laoded with electolytes, but I think the biggest thing is just the simple carbs. I drink dextrose and koolaid mix instead.
Ulter, could you give a detailed post at how your pre and post meals/shakes look from like 1 hr before to 1 hr after? Do you not take a pre-workout meal? Just simple carbs during your workout? I am starting to think I am flooding myself with carbs around my workouts. I do feel extremely powerful when I do this.
Here is what mine kinda looks like, looking for critique from some peeps, this always seems to varry big time depending on who you talk to.
-45mins prior to training, I have 1 cup of oats, 40g of whey, and a banana. I take 2 r-ALA prior to this meal.
-I sip and a dextrose/koolaid drink all throughout my workout. (about 50g carbs)
-Immediatly after my workout, I mix some more dextrose/koolaid into a protien shake with 50g of whey isolate.
-1hr later I have a meal with about a 40/30/30 split.
Thats how my pre and post workout nutrition is looking. I admitt I really get confused with dosage and timing of r-ALA. I figure the only place that it fits in with pre and post workout nutrition is before my trianing meal 45 mins before hand. Obvioudly there is no need to take it immediately after trianing with the post wo shake. I also thought that it wasnt a good idea to take r-ala right before your workout. Wouldnt this cause you to crash, even while sipping gatorade?
Mavy