Friday, June 3, 2011

Another intense workout and I feel great!

So today I went to the gym with a new strategy in mind.  I want to incorporate more lifting into my workouts and thats what I did.  I began with two 35 minute elepticals then I did a lower body workout and I am wiped.  I feel such a sense of accomplisment from my workouts and the next day I can usually feel the progress because my muscles ache. 

Just this week I decided to research some supplements to help me support my body throughout these workouts and I found a couple that turned out to help me quite a bit.  The one I want to mention is "Muscle Milk" because its proved to be so helpful and good for me.  After I workout my body is worn down and Muscle Milk has lots of proteins and amino acids in it that help me recover faster.  Muscle Milk is also a meal replacement thats a shake, I got the vanilla and its pretty great.  If it use 2 cups of skim milk (90 calories) and 2 scoops of Muscle Milk (300) I have a good 480 calorie meal thats proved to be super satisfying.  It also has 32 grams of protein per 2 scoop serving and 30 is the most anyone can absorb in one meal so I'm not overdoing it on the protein.  I know it sounds like I'm raving (and I am) but I also wanted to mention that the stuff is packed with vitamins and they use whey protein so everything in it is actually good for me.  If there is one meal I don't have to think about each day it seems like its worth it so far. 

In other news I was in Ponca for a week and did quite a bit of physical stuff for my parents and maintained a 1,500 calorie diet on my non workout days.  Now I'm in Stillwater ready to do some rinse and repeats of today. 

-Michael

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you have a plan and you are sticking to it. I have never heared of Muscle Milk? Where do you get it and does it come in chocolate..

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