Protein shakes are an easy way to help you get the calories and nutrients you need in order to build muscle. Today I will give you a couple of my favourite recipes for protein shake success.
Why Use Protein Shakes?
Some people go overboard and use protein shakes for so many of their meals. I am not an advocate of that approach. Instead I believe you can and should use protein shakes to get the extra nutrients into your system so as to help build muscle. Too many protein shakes means not enough real food. When you aren't taking in enough real food you lose the thermogenic effects of digestion.
Plain Slushy Protein Shake
Ingredients
1 scoop protein powder (use your favourite flavour)
1/2 cup of ice
3/4 cup of water
Directions
Mix ingredients in a blender
Blend on high until ice is crushed
Enjoy your nice icy shake
Berry Slushy Protein Shake
Ingredients
1 scoop protein powder (use your favourite flavour)
1/2 cup of ice
3/4 cup of water
1 cup of berries (use your favourite)
Directions
Mix ingredients in a blender
Blend on high until ice is crushed
Enjoy your nice icy berry shake
Berry Dairy Protein Shake
Ingredients
1 scoop protein powder (use your favourite flavour)
1 cup of water
1 cup of berries (use your favourite)
1 cup of Greek yogurt
Directions
Mix ingredients in a blender
Blend until smooth
Enjoy!
Variations
You can try many different ingredients to give variation to the above recipes. Try adding some green veggies like spinach or kale. If you are doing a post-workout shake replace water with some kind of fruit juice.It will give you a nice insulin spike. I also add oatmeal, fresh fruit, chia seeds and milk to my shakes. It all depends upon what I am looking for. Give it a try.
