Gatorade..............its great!

[Devastation]

i've been drinking gatorade for my workouts the last month. not sure it's contributed greatly, but i like it better than pop and tastes better than water

 

[Enigmaxxx7]

Mackie Shilstone? Any links to any of his stuff? He's Roy Jones conditioning coach, so as a boxer, Id love to hear anything/everything this guy has to say. Thanks

Yeah, he's a very big reason Roy Jones was even able to enter the fight. Here is a link to his website and if you click on Programs I think they may some interesting stuff there.

Mackie

 

[GodOfThunder]

I stay away because it has high fructose corn syrup.

 

[KOArtist]

thanks for the link!

 

[KOArtist]

anyone on the pedialyte vs. gatorade?

 

[jasonstrong]

I stay away because it has high fructose corn syrup.

Its sugar and salt water with flavoring...Powerade is somewhat better since it contains maltodextran with simple sugars.

I really avoid all simple sugars except dextrose for pre and post work out shakes...which studies have proven the best combo is simple protein and simple carb combos before and after a workout.

Next time you watch an NFL game notice they are drinking water out of gatorade cups and the coolers.
Good at rehydration is not good at immediate sports enhancement performance. When they rehydrate during a game they take an IV.

Gatorade sponsoring the NFL is almost as silly as Coors Light being an official sponsor or Levitra-the new viagra.

Now flame away peeps

 

[Lift Chief]

I've seen studies saying it only does anything with longer workouts... 1 hour +... and even then it wasn't shown to do anything really in terms of strength.

 

[MusslCub]

I read the label of every kind & flavor of Gatorade in the grocery store and I did not see the word "electrolyte". This means to me that there are no electrolytes in this product. This is a simple carbo-drink. I guess a function of carb drinks is to create electrolytes in the body. There is nothing special about Gatorade. Other carb products can do the same thing.

 

[fuckinfreak]

i usually drink about a six pack of budheavys while training it reallygets my carbs up jk

 

[Ulter]

MusslCub, The word electrolyte is not on the label. But the words sodium citrate, monopotassium Phosphate, and chloride are on the label. Those ARE eletrolytes.

"Powerade is somewhat better since it contains maltodextran with simple sugars."
--jasonstrong


"Research shows that more than a 6% carbohydrate solution is not better - A higher concentration of carbs takes longer to absorb and won't further improve performance."

Shi,X et al Med Sci Sports Exerc, 27:1607-1615, 1995